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		pull_my_finger on Aug 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Books Like Building Git? $99 is crazy expensive for a book about a topic that's heavily covered and widely available for free online or usually at most $25 in book form.

tima101 on Aug 28, 2022 [–]

~1500 people disagree with you and some of them bought both books ($99 and $250).

Yes, a lot of online tutorial and snippets. No argument here. Not a lot of material to build a complete project. The value is in "Fractured" vs "Whole" knowledge tree.

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