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r/SoftwareEngineering

140k members
r/SoftwareEngineering is a subreddit with 140k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.

Popular Themes in r/SoftwareEngineering

#1
Advice Requests
: "can someone explain why we ditched monoliths for microservices? like... what was the reason fr?"
22 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Chatgpt destroyed me as a software engineer"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "How do you guys deploy you web apps?"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Looking for ideas for a personal project that shows backend, scalability, and cloud skills — something doable in a few months. I’m a backend dev with 3 YOE."
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/SoftwareEngineering

#1

Software

: "What are the best books to learn how to think like a Software engineer?"
22 posts
#2

Ai

: "Is relying heavily on Ai for coding and project structure really the future of software engineering?"
17 posts
#3

Engineering

: "The thing you hate the most about software Engineering?"
15 posts
#4

Career

: "Experienced Backend Web Developer (12 Years) Exploring AI Agents – What’s the Best Path to Advance My Career?"
10 posts
#5

Coding

: "The hidden productivity cost of AI Coding assistants: context loss"
7 posts
#6

Project

: "What is the exciting backend Project younhave worked on ?"
7 posts
#7

Software Development

: "🚀 Understanding GraphQL Federation in Microservices Architecture"
7 posts
#8

Software Engineering

: "Which should I go for to pursue a Software Engineering career Penn State BS in Software Engineering or BS in Computer Science?"
6 posts
#9

Software Engineer

: "New grads who rely heavily on AI to code: What's it like at your job?"
6 posts
#10

Struggling

4 posts

Member Growth in r/SoftwareEngineering

Yearly
+43k members(44.0%)

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