LazyVim for Ambitious Developers
LazyVim for Ambitious Developers by Justin Schroederby Justin Schroeder
Shares rank 71 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended as a good book on LazyVim, and much of it can be read online for free, with an ebook also available.
Recommended as a good book on LazyVim, and much of it can be read online for free, with an ebook also available.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good book, highly recommended
“I can't recommend enough lazyvim + the ebook "lazyvim for ambitious developers".”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot” “the really, really good book, which you can read online entirely for free”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “I tried to move my notes out of Emacs. I failed. Again” “is a good book; you can read it online for free”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Microsoft makes Zork open-source” Free to read online
“the really, really good book, which you can read online entirely for free”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “I tried to move my notes out of Emacs. I failed. Again” “is a good book; you can read it online for free”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Microsoft makes Zork open-source”
Other programming books people recommend
The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| LazyVim for Ambitious Developersby Justin SchroederThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the really, really good book, which you can read online entirely for free”
“Dusty Phillips's book gives you a gentle on-ramp to learning most of them.”
“Covers everything I've needed concisely.”
“I can't recommend enough lazyvim + the ebook "lazyvim for ambitious developers".”
“is what allowed me to stick.”
“is a good book; you can read it online for free”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.