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Doubt it, books on niche technical subjects don’t seem to be much of a thing anymore unless you’re willing to pay extortionist prices for university textbooks.
by the_only_law 4y ago
Doubt it, books on niche technical subjects don’t seem to be much of a thing anymore unless you’re willing to pay extortionist prices for university textbooks.
- mhh__ 4y agoThere is a book on DRAM, caches and hard drives by Bruce Jacobs. Basically I want what every programmer should know about storage but in the style of dreppers original article.
- wolverine876 4y ago> books on niche technical subjects don’t seem to be much of a thing anymore Why not? Blog posts aren't nearly as valuable.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoI assume someone would be writing that book in the hope they'd make money back and that's hard to do with a super niche subject few will be interested in and even fewer would be willing to pay for.
- wolverine876 4y agoHow does that differ from 10 years ago?
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoI would assume smaller and smaller niches and the information is now easier to find online.
- the_only_law 4y ago> Blog posts aren't nearly as valuable. Also since we’re talking about hardware, I imagine a lot of people with necessary domain knowledge can’t share what they’ve learned done because of IP restrictions.
- wolverine876 4y agoThat was true in the past, when books were, if the GGP is accurate, more common.