r/AskProgrammers rules, stats, and what to post

This is a question and answer community for anything coding or programming related. The public description says it plainly, a subreddit to ask questions about anything coding or programming related. The rules add shape to that. The community describes itself as a supportive space for meaningful discussions and inquiries related to programming concepts and logic. So the people posting here are developers and learners who want to talk through how something works, why an approach makes sense, or how to think about a problem. It is not a place to show off finished work, get code checked, or find hires.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No Marketing”, which bans promotion outright. Right behind it is “No Spam”, which catches repeated or self-serving posting. “No Low Quality Posts / Crossposts” means a thin question or a repost from another community will not survive. “Please refrain from posting low-quality code problems” is the most detailed rule here, and it says the subreddit is for meaningful discussions about programming concepts and logic, not problems you could have solved with a search. “Code Reviews are not allowed here” closes off asking people to look over your code. “No résumés/job listings” removes hiring and job seeking posts, and “Strictly NSFW is not allowed here” is the usual content boundary.

Post real questions about programming concepts and logic, the kind the rule text itself invites when it says you can seek insights to refine your approach. If you are a founder, the safe play is to show up as an engineer with a genuine technical question, not as a marketer with a product. Ask about architecture choices, tradeoffs between approaches, or why something behaves the way it does. Make the question specific and searchable in quality, meaning someone learning or building would genuinely benefit from the discussion. Do not attach your product, your link, or your startup story. If your product comes up naturally in a comment thread because someone asks, answer honestly, but the post itself should stand on its own as a real programming question.

Marketing gets removed, so no product mentions, no links to your tool, no launch talk. Spam gets removed, so do not repost the same thing or work the community from multiple angles. Low quality posts and crossposts get removed, so bring something worth discussing. Low quality code problems get removed, and the rule specifically says to try searching online first, so only post a coding problem when you are stuck on the logic or want help refining your approach. Code reviews are not allowed, so do not ask people to check your code. Resumes and job listings are not allowed, so no hiring posts and no looking for work. Strictly NSFW content is not allowed either.

This is one of the strictest rooms I have written a guide for, because six of the seven rules are things founders do on day one of their Reddit plan. The rule that stands out to me is “Please refrain from posting low-quality code problems”, which tells you the bar is not just no promotion, it is real thinking. My honest read is that this community rewards founders who show up as engineers first, and there is no shortcut around that.