Subreddit rules check
r/programming
Can you promote here?
The rules prohibit promoting your own product here. You can still be genuinely useful in comments (which builds the account standing every other community checks), but any promotional post or link is likely to be removed and can earn a community ban.
From the rules · Self-promotion and “I made this” project demo posts are explicitly banned — see the subreddit’s “STOP!” guidance before posting.
Links
Links are prohibited in posts or comments. Name things in plain text; interested readers will search.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: news, discussion, guide
Use a clear news-style or descriptive headline linking to an external article or substantive essay; keep your own text short and factual (third-person reporting or a concise question/workshop). Typical posts are short link posts or thoughtful linked essays; tone is technical and neutral-to-critical. Upvoted content = timely news, deep technical analysis, tool/tech announcements, well-argued essays; removed = product demos, “I made this” posts, blogspam, memes, surveys, jobs.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/programming's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.