# LazyVim for Ambitious Developers by Justin Schroeder

3 Hacker News commenters recommended LazyVim for Ambitious Developers by Justin Schroeder and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a good book on LazyVim, and much of it can be read online for free, with an ebook also available.

## Why people recommend it

- Good book, highly recommended (3 comments): "I can't recommend enough lazyvim + the ebook "lazyvim for ambitious developers"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287692)) "the really, really good book, which you can read online entirely for free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50031054)) "is a good book; you can read it online for free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46000386))
- Free to read online (2 comments): "the really, really good book, which you can read online entirely for free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50031054)) "is a good book; you can read it online for free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46000386))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crafting-interpreters.md): 60 recommend
- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=LazyVim+for+Ambitious+Developers+by+Justin+Schroeder&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LazyVim for Ambitious Developers by Justin Schroeder", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lazyvim-for-ambitious-developers/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).