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I swear I've seen this cover before... is this a new release or an updated edition of an older book?

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”Automate the Boring Stuff with Python” has a similar cover, by the same publisher.

Book is not yet published but in early access since a couple of years

Was featured here a couple of times.

Unfortunately the timing of the release is quite unfortunate with regards to the summer holidays. Will take a look at it next year

> Book is not yet published but in early access since a couple of years

According to the top post's link, it was released in July 2024.

I seem to be mistaken. The 20th of August as listed by Amazon must be the European release date then

It’s actually out now, I have a copy! Ordered directly fro No Starch Press.

There was a HN article about the same book about a month ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40940799

So maybe you saw it then.

Many compiler related books take inspiration from the "Dragon book" (Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools). So with likely lots of books with similar looking covers.

The cover looks nothing like the dragon book however?

Point was more that there are bunch of compiler related books featuring a dragon (and knight/other character). The original also has a different looking dragon & knight themed cover for every edition.

Like if I’d see the book on a shelf I would instantly guess it’s related to compilers. And I bet that’s completely intentional homage to the original.

I believe the author first started by making blog posts and then interrupted them to simply make a book about it

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