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Re:Elm, Elixir, and Phoenix: Reflecting on a Functional Full... by scardine on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:09AM (#16521103)
I can look for a paper book in a library, I can add it to my wish list at Amazon if the book is there, it is not always a hard cash investment.

And I love to read good reviews here, they spare me a lot of time I would otherwise use researching a service or product.

For me a good review of a paid resource must mention the price ballpark so people have a choice to follow the link or not. May be OP is just a happy customer and not affiliated with them in any way but IMHO the parent comment really sounds like a guerrilla marketing ad for me.

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Re:Elm, Elixir, and Phoenix: Reflecting on a Functional Full... by nickjj on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:27AM (#16521220)
I think in the context of courses and books, it's more common that they are paid unless noted otherwise.

So in this case, if it happened to be a free course, I would have expected the parent comment to specifically mention that it's free, otherwise it's implied to cost money.

I'm kind of curious now, how exactly would you have written the parent comment's message?

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Re:Elm, Elixir, and Phoenix: Reflecting on a Functional Full... by scardine on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:55AM (#16521402)
My first answer to the OP sounded a lot more judgmental than intended.

His post is fine although I would try to spare fellow HNrs a visit to the site just search for basic information like duration and how much it costs or how it compares to similar online resources.

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Re:Elm, Elixir, and Phoenix: Reflecting on a Functional Full... by sena on Monday March 05, 2018 @11:35AM (#16522183)
Well, since his post didn't have that information, it would be nice for you to provide that info and spare fellow HNrs a visit to the site, instead of accusing the poster of being a marketing drone.
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Re:Elm, Elixir, and Phoenix: Reflecting on a Functional Full... by scardine on Monday March 05, 2018 @04:49PM (#16524779)
I could not find price information - looks like they are just collecting emails, but someone in this thread mentioned other courses are in the 50-80 USD ballpark.
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