r/orlybooks

7k members
r/orlybooks is a subreddit with 7k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses programming, coding, development, web, and code.
Essential Programming Guides

Popular Themes in r/orlybooks

#1
Advice Requests
: "[Meta] Can we PLEASE have a rule that says 'If linking to Twitter, please link DIRECTLY to the image, not the tweet.'"
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Rationalizing Your Awful Hackjob"
6 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Somebody please write this"
3 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Yes, we are actually forced to fo this. Help."
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Cutting Costs Through Free QA"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/orlybooks

#1

Programming

: "Parsing HTML Using Regular Expressions [X-post /r/ProgrammerHumor]"
21 posts
#2

Coding

: "Coding Drunk - Think Outside the Bottle"
19 posts
#3

Development

: "Web Development with assembly"
13 posts
#4

Web

: "Web development with assembly"
10 posts
#5

Code

: ""Self-documenting" Code"
10 posts
#6

Javascript

: "Hating Javascript"
9 posts
#7

Debugging

: "Debugging"
6 posts
#8

Design

: "Responsive GUI Design"
5 posts
#9

Testing

: "Practical Testing"
5 posts
#10

Documentation

: "Write useless logs 😂"
4 posts

Flair Used in r/orlybooks

#1
iGood shit
: "Chasing Design Fads"
1 post

Member Growth in r/orlybooks

Yearly
+47 members(0.7%)

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Last updated: June 7, 2026