/r/programming/

r/programming

6.1M members
r/programming is a subreddit with 6.1M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
Computer Programming

Popular Themes in r/programming

#1
Pain & Anger
: "Vulnerabilities for AI and ML Applications are Skyrocketing: Apparently, the fun of using AI/ML tools makes developers forget everything they know about secure coding practices."
14 posts
#2
News
: "Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance is "comically bad," even with monster PC"
11 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "What Software engineers should know about stock options"
9 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Introducing Jpegli: A New JPEG Coding Library "35% compression ratio improvement""
9 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "How to Fight Impostor Syndrome as a Software Engineer?"
7 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Fair salaries are hard to achieve, but stop trying to screw your engineers"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/programming

#1

Programming

: "Piet: Programming language in which programs look like abstract paintings"
32 posts
#2

Security

: ""90% of Java services have critical or severe Security vulnerabilities"... or about the quirks of Security reporting"
13 posts
#3

Rust

: "Lessons learned after 3 years of fulltime Rust game development, and why we're leaving Rust behind"
12 posts
#4

Performance

: "Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's Performance is "comically bad," even with monster PC"
8 posts
#5

Javascript

: "State of Javascript in 2024 [Humor] - by "Senior JS Dev""
8 posts
#6

Engineering

: "The trap of over-Engineering and over-design"
8 posts
#7

Css

: "Old Css, new Css"
7 posts
#8

C++

: "rusty.hpp: A Borrow Checker and Memory Ownership System for C++20 (+Option, Result, Non-Nullable Values) (heavily inspired from Rust)"
7 posts
#9

Typescript

: "Announcing Typescript 5.5 Beta"
6 posts
#10

Python

: "9 Advanced Python Type Hints That Will Improve Your Code Significantly"
6 posts

Audience Ranking

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Daily member growth

Member Growth in r/programming

Daily
+2k members(0.0%)
Monthly
+73k members(1.2%)
Yearly
+706k members(13.1%)

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