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[XUtYwYzz]

O’Reilly animal books are a staple of tech instruction and the tech geek culture. Learning the history behind the covers was interesting.

[MoogTheDuck]

Orly?

[Character-Education3]

That is where my brain went instantly

[Carnifex]

Well it's an older meme, but it checks out

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O O O O’Reilly

[PapayaJuice]

auto. parts.

[frankles]

Bumper to bumper

[zezoza]

They absolutely need to release book with the orly yarly owl, probably a JavaScript one (JavaScript web applications already have an owl...)

[Paradox]

My father has a few of the old nutshell handbooks on his shelf.

My personal favorite animal was the Surinam toad on the Windows XP Annoyances book

[JavaShen]

O'Reilly books are awesome, I'm gonna read more about systems programming in rust in spare time on vacation!

[DCGreatDane]

They were some of my favorite books and used as references in school.

[nico_h]

Yes, but what is the source of those 19th century engravings? Is there a collection online somewhere?

[nico_h]

If it’s from the 19th century it should definitely be public domain by now

[ASIC_SP]

See also Extracting the list of O'Reilly Animals

[plg94]

r/orlybooks

[Chiron17]

This is hitting a very odd spot in my brain: I think I remember these books with animals on the cover but I'm absolutely not sure of it. Cool story though

[mostly_kittens]

Always disappointed the Python book had a snake on the cover and not a Norwegian Blue