Just read programming.reddit.com
So much better than the main page.
I hate to keep repeating something that everyone knows is true, but reddit sucks now. It’s overrun with morons and pic posters. programming.reddit.com is still pretty decent however. Read that instead.
In your prefs, there’s a subreddit tab. I selected the “programming” and “science” ones and when the main reddit starts to suck, I switch to reading “my.reddit.com” which includes whatever subreddits you checked in your prefs. I might add “netsec” to it too… seems like it might have interesting stuff.