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I've got to say, this comment makes me rather sad and angry. Sad, because Two Scoops is a wonderful book. Danny and Audrey spent a ton of time soliciting feedb
by jacobian 14y ago
I've got to say, this comment makes me rather sad and angry.
Sad, because Two Scoops is a wonderful book. Danny and Audrey spent a ton of time soliciting feedback from a veritable Who's Who of the Django community, and they took that feedback incredibly seriously. The result is a book that does a better job encapsulating how to write successful Django code than anything anyone else has written.
Angry, because of the implied slight against Audrey and Danny. It's sucks that you're too "suspicious" to consider that it might be getting so much attention because it's damned good. When you say that the book is getting "a peculiar amount of attention", it really sounds like you're suggesting some sort of scam. That assumption of bad faith is really offensive -- and completely incorrect. The book's getting attention because it's awesome.
Also angry because of of the implicit demands on my free time that you're making. Writing a book is fucking hard, and I haven't had the time to keep it updated. You're not entitled to my free time.
To end on a positive note, though: the book is getting updated. There's a new author working on a 3rd edition, to be released later this year. I'm not sure if the author wants to be named publicly, but it's someone I know and trust to do an great job.
- clicks 14y agoIt appears my observations were off. Consider my earlier comment recanted (it seems I can't modify/delete it now).
- jacobian 14y agoThanks.
- benjamincburns 14y agoAs a casual observer, a second Thanks. It's really really nice to see someone on the internet say the equivalent of "sorry, I was wrong."
- rbanffy 14y ago> You're not entitled to my free time. I would like to volunteer some of my own free time to help. What would be the best way to contact you?