Can I post in English?
No, the community requires everything to be in Spanish, so translate your post before publishing it.
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r/programacion rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/programacion: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 353,323
- Verified
- September 27, 2026
- Category
- Technical product and developer communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Temas de programación: Las publicaciones y comentarios deben estar relacionadas con temas de programación. Hay cierto margen de maniobra. Por ejemplo, discusiones de herramientas y tecnologías, ambientes de desarrollo, hardware, etc. son aceptados. Tener presente que este no es un subreddit de soporte técnico para los que tienen problemas generales con sus computadoras. Los moderadores eliminan ese tipo de contenido a su discreción.
- Evita preguntar temas repetidos o cubiertos en el wiki: Por favor lee el [wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/programacion/wiki/index/) y busca en el historial del subreddit antes de hacer preguntas.
- Sin spam: No se permiten promoción a otras comunidades, incluido enlaces a grupos de facebook, telegram o discord. Tampoco se permiten enlaces de auto promoción al menos que respeten la [regla del 10%](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_spam.3F): *Si más del 10% de tus publicaciones y comentarios son en relación a tu propio sitio/contenido, lo más seguro es que eres un spammer.*
- En Español: En Español
- Formatear el código: [Formatear el código](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/markdown#wiki_code_blocks_and_inline_code) Hay dos maneras: 1. Margen de 4 espacios 1. Encerrando el código entre \`\`\` Así: > \~\~\~ > > print("Hello world!") > > \~\~\~ para que aparezca así: ``` print("Hello world!") ```
- Sin discriminación: No se permiten comentarios racistas, xenofóbicos ni discriminatorios.
- No se hacen tareas: Te pueden ayudar a hacer tu tarea, siempre y cuando tú la hagas. Este es un lugar para ayudarte a aprender, no para ayudarte a hacer trampa. Coloca tus avances cuando tengas una tarea, no simplemente el enunciado de la pregunta pidiendo una respuesta.
- Títulos representativos del contenido: A discreción de los moderadores se borraran publicaciones con títulos genéricos: "Hola", "Ayuda", "Tengo una pregunta". Este tipo de títulos hace perder el tiempo, y es una forma de clic bait, la única forma de saber si es un tema en el que te podemos ayudar es haciendo clic en la publicación porque el título no dice nada útil.
- Respetar la reddiqueta: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/es/reddiquette/
Works well
- A Spanish language deep dive on a programming problem you solved, with the actual code formatted in triple backticks
- A genuine question about how other Spanish speaking developers handle a specific tooling or architecture decision
- A comparison of programming tools or libraries written as a discussion, not a pitch, with your own experience included
- A post about a hardware or development environment setup, since the topical rule explicitly welcomes those
Avoid
- Posting in English, since the community explicitly requires content in Spanish
- Using generic titles like Hola, Ayuda, or Tengo una pregunta, which moderators delete
- Sharing links to Facebook, Telegram, or Discord groups, which the spam rule forbids outright
- Dropping self promotional links when more than ten percent of your posts and comments point to your own content
- Pasting unformatted code, which the community flags as a common removal reason
- Treating the subreddit as general computer support, since non programming troubleshooting gets removed at moderator discretion
What r/programacion Is For
This is the Spanish language Reddit community for discussing programming, and the public description says it plainly, this is where people talk about programming topics. The rule called “Temas de programación” gives you the real boundaries. Discussions about tools and technologies, development environments, and hardware are all welcome, which is genuinely good news if you build something for developers. The same rule draws a line at general computer troubleshooting, so this is not a tech support desk for people whose laptop is acting up. The rule called “En Español” means every post needs to be in Spanish, so if you are an English speaking founder, you translate your post first and post in the community's language. The people posting there are Spanish speaking programmers talking shop, sharing code, asking each other for help learning, and debating tools of the trade.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides everything for a marketer is “Sin spam”, which bans links to other communities like Facebook, Telegram, or Discord groups, and allows self promotion only when less than ten percent of your posts and comments point to your own content. “Temas de programación” sets the topical gate, so anything you post has to be genuinely about programming, tools, or developer environments, and the rule explicitly says this is not a general computer support subreddit. “En Español” means exactly what it says, your post needs to be in Spanish. “Títulos representativos del contenido” lets moderators delete posts with generic titles like Hola, Ayuda, or Tengo una pregunta, so your headline has to describe the actual content. “Formatear el código” requires code to be formatted with four space margins or triple backticks, and the moderator one liner confirms unformatted code is a removal reason. “Evita preguntar temas repetidos o cubiertos en el wiki” tells you to read the wiki and search post history before asking anything, which also matters if you want to look like a real member rather than a drive by poster.
What To Post
The winning shape here is a programming discussion written in Spanish with a title that tells people exactly what is inside. If you built a developer tool, write a post about the programming problem behind it, in Spanish, with real code included and formatted with triple backticks. Share a technical lesson, a comparison of approaches, or a question about how other programmers solve something, and mention your product only in passing if at all. Before posting anything, search the subreddit history and read the wiki, because the rule “Evita preguntar temas repetidos o cubiertos en el wiki” rewards people who checked first. Follow the ten percent rule strictly, meaning fewer than one in ten of your posts and comments should point at your own site, so build a history of genuinely helpful Spanish comments on other people's posts before you ever link out. A descriptive title in Spanish is non negotiable, since generic ones get deleted for wasting everyone's time.
What To Avoid
The fastest ways to lose a post here are all written down in the rules. Posting in English breaks “En Español” and gets you nowhere. A vague headline like Hola or Ayuda breaks “Títulos representativos del contenido”, and the moderators say they delete those on sight because they call it click bait. Dropping a link to your Discord, Telegram, or Facebook group breaks “Sin spam” outright, there is no nuance there. Self promotion is tolerated, but only under the ten percent rule, so if most of your Reddit activity points back to your own site, your links are treated as spam. Unformatted code violates “Formatear el código”. Asking people to do your homework without showing your own progress breaks “No se hacen tareas”. And general computer problems that are not about programming fall outside “Temas de programación”, so moderators remove them at their discretion.
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Common questions about r/programacion
Can I ever link to my own product?
Yes, the spam rule allows self promotional links when less than ten percent of your posts and comments are about your own site or content.
Can I invite people to my Discord server?
No, the spam rule bans links to other communities, including Facebook, Telegram, and Discord groups.
Can I ask people to try a developer tool I built?
Yes, as long as your title is descriptive, the content is truly about programming, and the tool itself is a programming topic.
How do I format code in a post?
Use markdown code blocks, either a four space indent or wrapping the code between triple backticks.
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