r/computerscience is a subreddit with 517k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, computer science, looking for a, looking for a book, and looking for a course, and they frequently recommend/review programming languages and java ide.
A place to discuss the academic field of computer science, including research, computing theory, and the theory behind software engineering/programming (e.g. language design).
Popular Themes in r/computerscience
#1
Advice Requests
: "What book, lecture, or resource genuinely changed how you think about computing?"
12 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How to fix this in logisim evolution?"
5 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "The creation of PING"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Generated a language for a few things im working on, check it out, or not."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/computerscience
#1
Looking For
65 posts
#2
Computer Science
: "Computer Science in 4th place"
42 posts
#3
Looking For A
40 posts
#4
Looking For A Book
38 posts
#5
Looking For A Course
38 posts
#6
Struggling
3 posts
#7
Looking For A Good
3 posts
#8
Looking For A History
3 posts
#9
Hate
3 posts
#10
Hard Time
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/computerscience
Programming Languages
33 reviews
#1
Python
4.4★ from 9 reviews
#2
JavaScript
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
Java
4.0★ from 5 reviews
Java Ide
4 reviews
#1
IntelliJ IDEA
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
NetBeans
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/computerscience
#1
Discussion
: "Computer Science in 4th place"
18 posts
#2
General
: "The creation of PING"
16 posts
#3
Advice
: "I don’t know where to start."
16 posts
#4
Help
: "how could the positive output of a gate, be used for a negative input for another gate? (im completely new)"
15 posts
#5
Article
: "Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story"
7 posts
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Yearly
+57k members(12.4%)
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Last updated: August 12, 2026