Breaker 101 launched about 3 years ago on HN. At that point, it was extremely time-intensive (for students and myself) and cost about $1000. The price only went up over time, which meant that fewer and fewer people could afford this information.

Today I'm happy to announce the new Breaker 101. Same great material, but for a fraction of the price -- only $149. I truly believe that every programmer would benefit from this course, and now it's accessible to many, many more people than ever before.

Looks great - what is the time commitment to go through the entire course?

It's 99% self-driven and constantly expanding, so it's tough to pinpoint an exact number. But for the content as it is right now, it's 20-40 hours of work. Some people take more or less time (depending on prior experience, distractions, etc), but that's the ballpark. The only thing that's strictly timed are the two "mid term" exams, which are 4 hours each.

Everything is running on my own platform (aside from videos hosted on Youtube). As the class has evolved, the platform has grown quite considerably, but it's really held up well. I've considered moving it to something off-the-shelf, but I like the flexibility that I have with my codebase; anything that students want, I can typically implement quickly.

Cool ad, bro.

Come on, that's not nice. daeken's been a fine HN user for years, and hasn't posted this project since 2014. That's hardly overdoing it, and HN is supposed to be a place where people can share their work.

Is it really appropriate as a "Show HN" though, or should it really have been a more general submission?

Feels like a link to a 'paid only' project goes against the spirit.

Fair point, and my mistake. I added "Show HN" earlier since daeken is the creator of the project, but I forgot to check that there was a way to try it out. We'll take that bit out again.