Comment on Ask HN: Are we still writing and reading "tech books" in 2025?Comments−incomingpain1yI used to read tech books left and right. I did C++ instead of Perl in 24 hours. Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth...Writing, yes. Many people are still writing tech books. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/beyond-vibe-coding/9798...Very relevant book and likely is worth reading for some people.Reading? I havent read an actual book on tech in ages. Absolute utter waste of time. If i'm not learning the bleeding edge where there is no book, I'm doing something wrong.https://www.oreilly.com/search/?q=devstral&rows=1001 result that's not relevant?Sure there's some claude code books available but you can watch like 1 youtube video or just use it and know more than the book author.IT is changing far too quickly to be waiting on the book publication process.
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I used to read tech books left and right. I did C++ instead of Perl in 24 hours. Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth...
Writing, yes. Many people are still writing tech books. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/beyond-vibe-coding/9798...
Very relevant book and likely is worth reading for some people.
Reading? I havent read an actual book on tech in ages. Absolute utter waste of time. If i'm not learning the bleeding edge where there is no book, I'm doing something wrong.
https://www.oreilly.com/search/?q=devstral&rows=100
1 result that's not relevant?
Sure there's some claude code books available but you can watch like 1 youtube video or just use it and know more than the book author.
IT is changing far too quickly to be waiting on the book publication process.