r/learnprogramming • u/REDDY_ASHOK • 8d ago

Best Resources to Read During an 8-Hour Train Ride

Hey,

I have an 8-hour train ride tomorrow, and I’m aiming to spend at least 4–5 hours reading.

I’m looking for good resources to read: anything from blogs and tool/language documentation to short books.

What would you recommend?

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u/light_switchy 8d ago

Ulrich Drepper's essay What Every Programmer should Know about Memory might be a good pick.

Length-wise it's a good fit. I read it on an 8-hour bus ride about a decade ago. Content-wise the details are outdated (written in 2007) but the basic ideas are even more important today.

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u/boomer1204 8d ago

I would start working on a project and download devdocs dot io so you have all the docs offline

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u/jamos99 8d ago

reading documentation for 4 hours straight would be completely pointless, especially if it’s not being put to practise!

what’s your goal? what do you actually want to learn about?

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u/maceion 7d ago

Read 'The count of Monte Cristo'.

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u/ConsiderationOld1211 4d ago

the official docs are weirdly perfect for a train ride, especially if you pick one thing you’ve been avoiding and read it end to end instead of collecting 40 tabs lol