Learn You Some Erlang
Learn You Some Erlang by Fred Hebertby Fred Hebert
Shares rank 71 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Helped readers understand Erlang and OTP, including its distribution chapter; one commenter called some material somewhat dated.
Helped readers understand Erlang and OTP, including its distribution chapter; one commenter called some material somewhat dated.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not 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 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Helps explain Erlang and OTP
“Those docs (along with Learn You Some Erlang) definitely helped me understand Erlang and OTP.”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “How I fell in love with Erlang” Useful distribution chapter
“Reading through the 'Distribunomicon' chapter of Learn You Some Erlang”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “How I fell in love with Erlang”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Somewhat dated material
“somewhat-dated-but-still-useful material on the topic in Learn You Some Erlang”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “How I fell in love with Erlang”
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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.
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| 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 |
| Learn You Some Erlangby Fred HebertThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Reading through the 'Distribunomicon' chapter of Learn You Some Erlang”
“Those docs (along with Learn You Some Erlang) definitely helped me understand Erlang and OTP.”
“somewhat-dated-but-still-useful material on the topic in Learn You Some Erlang”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.