In this paper, we study three applications of recursion to problems in coding and random permutations. First, we consider locally recoverable codes with partial locality and use recursion to estimate the minimum distance of such codes. Next we consider weighted lattice representative codes and use recursive subadditive techniques to obtain convergence of the minimum code size. Finally, we obtain a recursive relation involving cycle moments in random permutations and as an illustration, evaluate recursions for the mean and variance.