Hacker News was created by Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, as a place for tech-savvy individuals to share and discuss interesting content related to technology, startups, programming, and more.

Initially, it started as a simple link aggregator, where users could submit links to articles, blog posts, and projects they found intriguing.

Over time, it evolved into a thriving community with a strong emphasis on intellectual curiosity, thoughtful discussions, and quality content.

I'm an avid reader of Hacker News and often come across high-quality discussions from the community. I found that the courses and books people discuss on Hacker News are really good, so I conduct monthly analyses and aggregate the top courses/books found in comments and rank them.

Why Learn C++ Programming

You might think of C++ as an antique programming language, but C++ is still readily used in programming today. Despite the advent of popular object-oriented programming languages (OOPs) like Python, C++ continues to have a dedicated space in software engineering.

C++ is still the go-to language for solutions that need fast machine performance. AAA video games, IoT, embedded systems, and resource-heavy VR and AI applications all run on C or C++.

One of the benefits of C++ is that it has a wide variety of applications. In fact, Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of the language, put together a long list of C++ applications. But most often, C++ is used to build large software infrastructure and applications that can run even with few resources. The efficiency of the C++ code makes it perfect as a base for applications and software.

Top Books

Our methodology

We conducted this analysis by "ranking things based on social signals"

It's the result of mining the HN archives for references to books and then ranking them and displaying all references in one place.

Ranking currently takes into account HN stories (points) and comments (sentiment, karma, estimated points).

Who are we

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