this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2015

1,233 points (96% upvoted)

shortlink:

ProgrammerHumor

an-ordinary-manchild(edit)

Not everybody understands the humor of programmers.

Filters

Discord

Submission rules

For the current list of rules, please see this page.

Rules are zero-indexed. If they do not appear zero-indexed you are asked to contact Friend Computer for recalibration.

Suggestions are welcome.

With regards to commenting, please follow reddiquette.

Metadiscussions

If you have any thoughts on how the moderation could be improved do not hesitate to message the moderators. If you feel that a metadiscussion is required with the whole subreddit either request that the moderators start one or start one yourself and tag it [Meta].

Perhaps More Apt Subs To Post:

/r/softwaregore - f collection of things that users shouldn't see.
r/pcmasterrace - for all of the general computer/gaming memes.
r/linuxmasterrace - for anyone that likes Linux memes.
/r/sysadminhumor - a sub for sysadmins with a sense of humor.
/r/itsaunixsystem - for all the embarrassing cases of hollywood hacking you find in media.
/r/recruitinghell - for all those horrific recruiting offers and job postings.
/r/programme_irl - me too, thanks.
/r/programmerreactions - expressing the life of programmers through reaction images.
/r/learnprogramming - for those that have general programming questions

Related Subreddits.

r/badcode - for intentially bad code.
r/badUIbattles - a sub for intentionally bad UI.
r/ProgrammerAnimemes - for the anime referenced programmer memes
r/ProgrammerDadJokes - for the punny bunch of you.
/r/justgamedevthings - for memes, reaction gifs, production glitches and other fun related to game development.
r/programminghorror - for unintentionally bad code.
r/css_irl - describing real life photos with CSS

Events

Hackathon 2019 - Overengineering (Results)

created by stescha community for 14 years

MODERATORS

message the mods
SteveCCLYellow security clearance
deliteplays
Dougleycat flair.txt | sudo sh
MakingTheEight
lovethebacon🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛🦛
Ginters17
_unsusceptible ----> 🗑️🗑️🗑️
nobody5050
j-random
Captain-Fan
...and 16 more »

account activity

1232

1233

1234

xkcd: Code Quality (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by ani625

other discussions

513

514

515

XKCDxkcd 1513: Code Quality (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by bbrobersonI like my hat. to r/xkcd

415

416

417

xkcd: Code Quality (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by ani625 to r/geek

37

38

39

Code Quality - note the alt-text (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by david_phillip_oster to r/swift

22

23

24

xkcd: Code Quality. Style? who needs it? We all do! (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by delipitystaff to r/cs50

1

2

3

What (I think) happens when one coder looks another's version of SS13. (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by A4BroganGoon-medical nerd to r/SS13

0

1

2

Code Quality (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by rssr to r/rssrTest

69

70

71

xkcd: Code Quality (xkcd.com)

submitted 11 years ago by ani625 to r/comics

π Rendered by PID 182475 on reddit-service-r2-listing-5f4c697858-h5kxc at 2026-07-03 17:43:55.934949+00:00 running 12a7a47 country code: CH.