# Beej's Guide by Brian Hall

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Beej's Guide by Brian Hall and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, well-written computer science and networking guides that people praise as some of the best documentation available.

## Why people recommend it

- Trusted, admired CS documentation (2 comments): "makes things like https://beej.us/guide/ an absolute treasure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47915596)) "are some of the best CS documentation we have" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46218439))
- Praised writing and author (2 comments): "one of the reasons as to why I love beejs guides" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46215501)) "Beej's writing always impresses me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013780))
- Practical help on networking topics (2 comments): "Super helpful for my back port of Geos to Vic-20 with ram expander." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022398)) "Beej's guide will help you with understanding networking overall" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071816))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Beej%27s+Guide&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Beej's Guide by Brian Hall", https://hackerapproved.com/p/beej-s-guide/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).