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24 alternatives to Open Source Society University
Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open Source Society University launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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The Open Source Data Science Masters. Contribute to datasciencemasters/go development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science!
2016 · ossu.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →
- 3AO
The largest tech community at Columbia University. We foster a community of students in computer science and technology.
2014 · adicu.com · its alternatives →
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Lambda School▲238A full Computer Science education - free until you get a job
2017 · bloomtech.com · its alternatives →
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Computer science curriculum must-read
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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- 7DF
2019 · courseroot.com · its alternatives →
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An intro to Python & programming for wanna-be data scientists - webartifex/intro-to-python
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 9LS
Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…
2020 · its alternatives →
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Introduction to UDP: sockets, frames, and data encoding. We build a Rust client for a simple name server that converts domain names into IP addresses.
2020 · lowlvl.org · its alternatives →
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A radical new model of college designed for the 21st century
2018 · makeschool.org · its alternatives →
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Stanford class taught by Sam Altman & guest speakers
2014 · its alternatives →
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Learn to code from scratch with hands-on lessons, a structured curriculum, and real projects. Stop watching tutorials, start writing code for free now.
2022 · boot.dev · its alternatives →
- 15YF
Cut to the chase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyzl3pVXp4 I really am a big supporter of quality education being available for everyone, and because of that I've opted to open source my CS education on YouTube. I'm starting with Rails, and I will eventually work around to more core CS topics like circuits -> logic gates -> binary -> assembly -> c -> Data Structures -> Algorithms etc. If you like it subscribe and I'm looking for all the feedback I can get on how to make it better :)
2015 · its alternatives →
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2014 · blog.understudyapp.com · its alternatives →
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Join a community for self-taught and bootcamp developers
2021 · gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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No CS Degree▲134Interviews with successful self-taught and bootcamp coders
2019 · nocsdegree.com · its alternatives →
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AlgoUniversity▲109Job-driven virtual education hub for engineering students
2021 · algouniversity.com · its alternatives →
- 22UA
2017 · umooc.org · its alternatives →
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Holberton School▲128High-quality software engineering education for the many
2018 · hbtn.dev · its alternatives →
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