Subreddit rules check
r/softwarearchitecture
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 · No promotion of personal or business services — promotional posts/comments are removed or reported.
Links
Only specific link types are allowed (docs, papers, non-commercial). Commercial links are removal bait.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: discussion, question, guide
Headline: short, often a provocative claim or a How/What/Is question. Write in first or third person with concrete system context and tradeoffs. Typical length: short questions or 300–800 word technical posts; tone: professional, evidence-based, practical. Upvoted: clear problem, real examples, tradeoff analysis, helpful external resources. Removed: product/service promotion or solicitations.
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/softwarearchitecture's rules page before posting anything that matters.
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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.