Ask HN: Why is there so little programming related content on HN?

Re:Ask HN: Why is there so little programming related conten... by chx on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:50AM (#16307965)

Very often this is true for books as well. There is way more market for a book which starts you on an application or language. But if you are very deeply into a topic, getting to the next level won't be a book. It'll be blog posts, Stackoverflow, blood, sweat and tears. I haven't bought a book since the 3rd ed of Chris Date: SQL and Relational Theory (but that's a very useful book!).

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Re:Ask HN: Why is there so little programming related conten... by walterbell on Monday February 05, 2018 @07:30AM (#16308368)

Do conference presentations/papers help people who are deeply into a topic? F2F with mentors? Would you pay for expert/advanced content development, e.g. crowdfund in your niche? Alternately, would you contribute expert-level content to a crowdfunded book?

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Re:Ask HN: Why is there so little programming related conten... by chx on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:37PM (#16312445)

I would absolutely pay, through the nose, for a good treatise on more advanced SQL techniques like (recursive) CTEs.

And also, I would contribute in depth Drupal topics, I already wrote two chapters of Bookzilla (aka. The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7) and also wrote countless articles in the nineties, I've been a columnist later an editor of the biggest computer monthly in Hungary.

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