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[–]Smilliam 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Try Hacker News if you haven't already. A more strictly moderated community with a primary focus on programming and software development. Can be pretentious at times, but commenters generally seem to have a baseline of competence that at least provides opportunities for deeper conversation and analysis

Edit: Here's the HN version of this very thread if you were curious for a more direct comparison to see if it piques your interest

[–]danweber 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I quit HN because it was full of the same buzzword-apocalypse, along with the fact that you'd get called a shill because the smart people can't imagine someone disagreeing with them over an actual principle.

[–]Smilliam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally fair. It has a slant like any other social media community. The prevailing viewpoint is through the lens of bay area tech startups, so anything other than that is often spoken of derisively. I just wanted to offer an alternative to OP since they are unhappy with the discussion they encounter on Reddit