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r/Development

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Software Development, Technologies, and Concepts

Questions and discussions about Software Development

Members

5,761

as of February 2025

Last post

today

September 28, 2026

Posts (30 days)

62

Created

2009

November 21, 2009

Total posts

5.8K

archived

Total comments

3.8K

archived

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How many members does r/Development have?

r/Development had 5,761 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.

Is r/Development dead?

No. r/Development is active — the most recent post was today, with 62 posts in the last 30 days.

When was r/Development created?

r/Development was created on November 21, 2009.

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