Jeff Atwood's "Effective Programming" on Hyperink's new Crowd Reader

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Hyperink's Crowd Reader is a digital reading platform offering Jeff Atwood's "Effective Programming" book. The platform delivers a social, interactive reading experience designed to compete with print by enabling asynchronous discussion and community features. Half the book is available free to all users, with the complete version accessible to paid customers. It replaces traditional e-book formats like MOBI and EPUB with a custom reading interface.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey everyone, I'm Michael, a product engineer at Hyperink. Over the past month or so, I've been developing a rich, social reading experience for our content, freeing us from the stranglehold of MOBI and EPUB file formats. Today, Jeff Atwood generously granted us permission to release half of his book completely free…

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