Could anyone with this subscription tell us if it's worth getting? I'm in the software industry and do read books from time to time, maybe just one every quarter or something like that. Still worth to get the subscription?
I was going to reply "so worth it" but I checked my subscription - $399/year (legacy) now $499/year. I had gotten it when I was starting consulting and needed to read books per client projects, and could write off the expense for taxes.
Now, I'd have to say no. I read maybe one book a year. ( I "could" read hundreds, but in the end, I don't) I could buy the physical book, which I prefer, and 7 or so others and keep them, instead of a virtual library. Or get them from my public library. Or from archive.org.
The only advantage was the unlimited library and the auto-update of books from revision to revision. But your question has caused me to cancel the subscription.
If you can get it from library or university, I'd say it is -- but not unless you read a lot of books per year.
All I can say is it is incredibly useful, not just O’Reilly but they have got collections from a lot of other publishers. It is really useful as a reference or when you want to deep dive into something new. To top it, if you get to complete couple of books cover to cover, it is even better.
I can’t say whether it is worth the subscription fee. I have got my employer to cover for my subscription for the last 2 years, but not sure if I will be willing to pay it out of my pocket.
Membership to ACM (acm.org) comes with access to the o'reilly learning platform along with some other benefits and costs $99, so that's a pretty good deal. Have to admit I don't read enough to make it worth it though
> Could anyone with this subscription tell us if it's worth getting?
My local library has a deal with them: connect to the library's website, enter your card number, and get bounced through a proxy to O'Reilly's site to read any content.
Perhaps check if your local library system as the same deal.
My local library for sure doesn't have access (it has around ~100 books available at any given time, and because of lack of funding/maintenance recently had to give away their computers).
Since you do have access, could you maybe share if you think it's worth paying for?
> Since you do have access, could you maybe share if you think it's worth paying for?
It has been handy for a few things, but given the finite hours in a day/week I tend to not read tech stuff in my off-hours, so haven't used it much in general. Most recently used it for some Postgres stuff and IPv6:
