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