I actually spend more time on reddit than on HN. HN is great as a tech news source and the comments are usually top notch and offer even greater insight than the original article posted.
That said, reddit, once you ignore all the immense levels of hatred, bigotry, and memes, has quite a few great groups of people. I've had an account on reddit for going on 5 or 6 years now, and I've filtered my feed down to the very specific subreddits that fit my needs. I've met a great community of other players of some rather low population games, which has led to countless weekends of fun.
Getting to your question, as a developer, the only thing relevant for me is /r/ProgrammerHumor. Reddit really is (for me, at least) only a source of entertainment, not education or serious discussion.
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I actually spend more time on reddit than on HN. HN is great as a tech news source and the comments are usually top notch and offer even greater insight than the original article posted.
That said, reddit, once you ignore all the immense levels of hatred, bigotry, and memes, has quite a few great groups of people. I've had an account on reddit for going on 5 or 6 years now, and I've filtered my feed down to the very specific subreddits that fit my needs. I've met a great community of other players of some rather low population games, which has led to countless weekends of fun.
Getting to your question, as a developer, the only thing relevant for me is /r/ProgrammerHumor. Reddit really is (for me, at least) only a source of entertainment, not education or serious discussion.