r/PinoyProgrammer rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community of Pinoy programmers who share ideas, projects, job vacancies, and socialize with fellow programmers. The people here are Filipino developers and students talking about code, their own projects, and work. The rules show the room runs on a simple system: posts need a flair, a title of at least three words, and a body of at least twenty five words, and anything that touches salary, school, laptops, or hiring goes into a monthly thread instead of the main feed. It is a peer community first, not a place for companies to broadcast.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No product selling, monetary ads or (self) promotion with monetary intent”, because it bans any post that sells products, runs monetary ads, or promotes yourself with money in mind. The “Posting guidelines” rule matters next, since flairs are required, titles need three words minimum, and bodies need twenty five words minimum. “Job post needs to be posted in the monthly “Who is hiring?” thread” matters if you ever want to hire, because job posts outside that thread do not survive. “Off-topic posts (e.g salary advice,laptop reco) should be in the monthly Random Discussion thread.” and “Asking for fresh graduate advice, and school-related topics should be posted in Random Discussions” matter because they push common founder questions into the monthly thread. “Survey must be pre-approved by mods before posting and must not gather personal information.” matters if you want to run research, since you need moderator approval first. “CV/Resume review request should be posted to r/EngineeringResumes” matters if you were thinking of asking for resume feedback here.

A good post here is a genuine contribution with a flair attached and a body of at least twenty five words. Share a technical idea, show a project you built, or ask a specific question about a problem you actually hit while building something. If you want to hire, put the post in the monthly “Who is hiring?” thread with a job description, requirements, and ideally a salary range. If your question is about salary, laptops, company insights, school, or fresh graduate life, take it to the monthly Random Discussion thread. If you want to run a survey, get moderator approval first and keep it free of personal information. The safest founder move is to show up as a builder sharing something useful, not as a marketer with a link.

Do not sell, run ads, or self promote with monetary intent, because that gets removed. Do not skip the flair or post a short body, since the moderators say they remove posts that lack flairs or are too short. Do not put a job post in the main feed, because it belongs in the monthly “Who is hiring?” thread. Do not ask about salary, laptops, company insights, school, or fresh graduate advice in the main feed, because those belong in the monthly Random Discussion thread. Do not post a survey without moderator approval, and never collect personal information in one. Do not ask for resume reviews here, because those go to r/EngineeringResumes. And do not criticize anyone for repeating a topic, because the rules protect that.

What stands out to me is rule two, which says repetition is the best way to learn and asks nobody to berate repeat questions. That tells me this room values patience over polish, which is rare. I also like that the hiring thread asks for salary ranges, because that signals a community that wants honesty in the open. My advice is simple here: give first, and let the flair do the housekeeping.