# O'Reilly Learning Platform

9 Hacker News commenters recommended O'Reilly Learning Platform and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its high quality books and programming video tutorials, and for access by people who cannot afford premium. Main caveat: the apps are widely called buggy and unusable.

## Why people recommend it

- High quality books and video tutorials (2 comments): "pretty good with eBooks and video tutorials on programming in several different languages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150572)) "They have tons of high quality content that underpins very useful answers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46250061))
- Low-cost access for those who cannot afford (2 comments): "accessible to those less privileged to afford premium access" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195223)) "at 0 cost it is phenomenal resource" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194843))

## What people warn about

- App is buggy or unusable (3 comments): "the app is obviously poorly written despite being created by people in your profession" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46202282)) "the app is unusable. I've tried it on my Amazon Fire Tablet, Ipad, different phones - it doesn't work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194764)) "The app is unusable and unstable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197835))
- Bookmarks and progress do not save (2 comments): "it works just fine on iPad Pro (12"), but bookmarks do not work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194883)) "every time I login, all my progress is gone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195116))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Khan Academy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/khan-academy.md): 67 recommend
- [Coursera](https://hackerapproved.com/p/coursera.md): 26 recommend
- [Udemy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/udemy.md): 16 recommend
- [MIT OpenCourseWare](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mit-opencourseware.md): 14 recommend
- [Brilliant.org](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brilliant-org.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.oreilly.com/member/login/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "O'Reilly Learning Platform", https://hackerapproved.com/p/o-reilly-learning-platform/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).