Too Many Lists
Too Many Lists by Alexis Beingessnerby Alexis Beingessner
Shares rank 100 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended as a place to start learning variations of linked lists, with a better example drawn from the article.
Recommended as a place to start learning variations of linked lists, with a better example drawn from the article.
2 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: 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
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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
Starting point for learning linked lists
“Learning variations of Linked Lists is where you start”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn't coming anytime soon” Better example from the article
“The better example actually comes from the article”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Migrating from Go to Rust”
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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 |
| Too Many Listsby Alexis BeingessnerThis page | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 2 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Learning variations of Linked Lists is where you start”
“The better example actually comes from the article”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.