r/programming is a subreddit with 6.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for, programming, code, worst, and software, and they frequently recommend/review java ide, python ide, and rich text editor.
Computer Programming
Popular Themes in r/programming
#1
Solution Requests
: "How to Achieve Pruning When Querying by Non-Partitioned Columns in PostgreSQL"
3 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Open source is a thankless job and I think we've lost the plot on how we treat maintainers"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "How Container Networking Works: Building a Bridge Network From Scratch"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Modern Java in the Wild -- Online Coding Competition/Hackathon with $4000 prize pool!"
1 post
#5
News
: "Official jscrambler npm Package Compromised at 8.14.0"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/programming
#1
Looking For
21 posts
#2
Programming
18 posts
#3
Code
14 posts
#4
Worst
14 posts
#5
Software
10 posts
#6
Hate
9 posts
#7
Engineering
: "Fintech Engineering Handbook"
9 posts
#8
Struggling
8 posts
#9
Tired
8 posts
#10
Developer
7 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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Yearly
+121k members(1.8%)
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Last updated: July 16, 2026