I adore programming books... for a specific use case. If I want to learn a lot about a subject, nothing is better than a book:
it was edited, so ideas and text are consistent
the examples worked (at some point in time)
the author has enough time-space to clearly describe a lot of material well
they stay relevant for a LONG time, so there's a lot of them, and they can be very inexpensive. I use https://abebooks.com/
Nothing beats a book for an enormous amount of detailed information. Even just reading the table of contents helps to help understand what to focus on during study.
My copy of "DevOps Handbook" is covered in tags and handwritten notes. Brett Slatkin's "Effective Python" is way too much for me, but I got a ton out of the parts I focused on.
No other media is like books!
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