Pragmatic Programmers Entire Catalog on Medium

Medium is on its way to become the one stop place for long form content consumption. Bringing Pragmatic Programming onboard is certainly a step in the right direction!

Re: Pragmatic Programmers Entire Catalog on Medium

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Post by tonystubblebine » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

elviejo wrote: post #3

Why do the PragPros do this? what is the advantage over ebooks?

I worked on this project to get the Prags over to Medium, so I think I can answer. It's not an either or. They still do ebooks and also print books. For a lot of people, the proper book format is still going to be preferred.

However, there's some things being on the web does that ebooks don't do. The top is that being on Medium makes them Google searchable and that unlocks the reference value of each of these books. You can come in, find your answer, and leave. Most people won't ever buy an ebook just to read one section.

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Post by cpr » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 3:12 PM UTC

Seems to require a Medium membership?

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Post by xtracto » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 3:12 PM UTC

It asks me to download an app to read them. Is there a way to read the medium page without having to do that?

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Post by tonystubblebine » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 3:15 PM UTC

xtracto wrote: post #7

It asks me to download an app to read them. Is there a way to read the medium page without having to do that?

I'm expecting just that you need an account or need to login. These are all behind the Medium subscription paywall which should allow a couple for free.

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Post by tonystubblebine » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

cpr wrote: post #6

Seems to require a Medium membership?

It does-ish.

The -ish is that Medium uses a Metered paywall where three subscriber articles per month are free if you are logged in. So if you end up on one of these books because of a Google search, you'll probably end up getting your answer for free.

But if you want to read more you have to be a subscriber. Launching the Prags is part of upgrading the subscription to make it stronger for programmers. There were already a lot of programmers subscribed, but I think the Prags makes the value of a Medium subscription a lot more clear cut.

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Post by DoctorDerek » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 3:55 PM UTC

kine wrote: post #2

This is awesome.

I think this is a great opportunity for programmers to be able to find a lot more answers through organic search.

Previously you'd have to know that the topic was covered in _ textbook, then you'd have to buy and read said textbook.

Now you can find it just from a Google search. And then you can read the whole textbook if you want. Seems worth it for $5.