r/programming is a subreddit with 6.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses code, worst, hate, programming, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review java ide, python ide, and rich text editor.
Computer Programming
Popular Themes in r/programming
#1
Advice Requests
: "A study of privacy-related data collected by Android apps"
5 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "GitHub - free-news-api/news-search-api-comparison: A deep comparison of contextual and semantic news search APIs for AI, RAG, and news intelligence applications."
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/programming
#1
Code
14 posts
#2
Worst
14 posts
#3
Hate
9 posts
#4
Programming
8 posts
#5
Struggling
8 posts
#6
Tired
8 posts
#7
Struggles
7 posts
#8
Engineering
7 posts
#9
Language
6 posts
#10
Developer
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/programming
Java Ide
13 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
NetBeans
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Apache
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Python Ide
7 reviews
#1
Thonny
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Visual Studio Code
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
PyCharm
5.0★ from 1 review
Rich Text Editor
5 reviews
#1
WYMeditor
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Telerik
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
WMD Editor
4.0★ from 1 review
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+131k members(1.9%)
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Last updated: August 26, 2026