I tend to buy most of my yearly subscriptions and learning materials during Black Friday. Are you aware of deals that may be particularly interesting this year? I’m particularly interested on those coming from independent creators as those tend to be less known outside their circles, but anything is fair game.
I'm a self-published author and these are my offers till end of this month:<p>1) "Practice Python Projects" (<a href="https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/py_projects/blackfriday" rel="nofollow">https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/py_projects/blackfriday</a>) ebook is free (normal price $10)<p>2) "Learn by example Python bundle" (<a href="https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/python-bundle/blackfriday" rel="nofollow">https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/python-bundle/blackfrid...</a>) is $2 (normal price $12) - three ebooks titled "Python re(gex)?", "100 Page Python Intro" and "Practice Python Projects"<p>3) "All Books Bundle" (<a href="https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books/blackfriday" rel="nofollow">https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books/blackfriday</a>) is $5 (normal price $22) - includes all three Python books mentioned in the bundle above and eight other books on regular expressions and CLI one-liners<p>---<p>I know a couple of blog posts by indie creators with their own sales and links to other programming deals:<p>* <a href="https://treyhunner.com/2021/11/python-black-friday-and-cyber-monday-sales-2021/" rel="nofollow">https://treyhunner.com/2021/11/python-black-friday-and-cyber...</a><p>* <a href="https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/11/24/python-black-friday-cyber-monday-sales-2021/" rel="nofollow">https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/11/24/python-black-f...</a>
Grammarly - 55% off on the first payment<p>Pro Writing Aid - 50% recurring off - <a href="https://prowritingaid.com/en/App/Purchase" rel="nofollow">https://prowritingaid.com/en/App/Purchase</a><p>Coursera Plus $1 for the first month - <a href="https://www.coursera.org/courseraplus/special/cyber2021" rel="nofollow">https://www.coursera.org/courseraplus/special/cyber2021</a><p>Pluralsight 40% off - <a href="https://www.pluralsight.com/offer/2021/bf-cm-40-off" rel="nofollow">https://www.pluralsight.com/offer/2021/bf-cm-40-off</a><p>O'Reilly / Safari online, 40% discount, use CYBERSAVINGS21 - <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.oreilly.com/</a><p>Apress - <a href="https://www.apress.com/us/shop/cybermonday-sale" rel="nofollow">https://www.apress.com/us/shop/cybermonday-sale</a><p>NoStarch Press, 35% off + free shipping, use BLACKFRIDAY35 - <a href="https://nostarch.com/blog/2021-holiday-gift-guide" rel="nofollow">https://nostarch.com/blog/2021-holiday-gift-guide</a>
(not affiliated with any of these)
This is the biggest infosec-focused collection I've seen <a href="https://github.com/0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday</a>.<p>My shameful promotion to level up your SSH tunneling and port redirection game:<p>* $10 for the interactive lab - The Cyber Plumber's Lab Guide and Access <a href="https://opsdisk.gumroad.com/l/cphlab/blackfriday2021" rel="nofollow">https://opsdisk.gumroad.com/l/cphlab/blackfriday2021</a><p>* The accompanying book is free: <a href="https://github.com/opsdisk/the_cyber_plumbers_handbook" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/opsdisk/the_cyber_plumbers_handbook</a>
There's a collection of deals from indie makers, collected by Marie Ng, at <a href="https://indiemakerblackfri.glide.page/dl/d0a5f4/s/d0a5f4" rel="nofollow">https://indiemakerblackfri.glide.page/dl/d0a5f4/s/d0a5f4</a><p>And the Twitter thread where it started: <a href="https://twitter.com/threehourcoffee/status/1460917773584896003" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/threehourcoffee/status/14609177735848960...</a>
PentesterLab has a special for Black Friday: <a href="https://pentesterlab.com/pro" rel="nofollow">https://pentesterlab.com/pro</a>
Covert Instruments (by the guy behind the LockPickingLawyer) has awesome offers for hackers who require physical access :) <a href="https://covertinstruments.com/collections/black-friday" rel="nofollow">https://covertinstruments.com/collections/black-friday</a>
Parallels Desktop is 20% off. They have support for the M1 Macs, and there's an ARM port of Windows (you have to register for it), and of course various permutations of Linux support ARM.
I'm an independent creator working mostly with Python, and I have 40% OFF of the Python Problem-Solving Bootcamp (<a href="https://mathspp.com/pythonbootcamp" rel="nofollow">https://mathspp.com/pythonbootcamp</a>) through Black Friday.<p>Everything else I have is just free, like my Pydon'ts book (<a href="https://pydonts.com" rel="nofollow">https://pydonts.com</a>).
PortSwigger(creators of BurpSuite) certification cost was reduced to £6.<p><a href="https://portswigger.net/web-security/certification" rel="nofollow">https://portswigger.net/web-security/certification</a><p>Lifetime pass for Plex for £71.24
<a href="https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/plex-lifetime-pass-25-off-3831614" rel="nofollow">https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/plex-lifetime-pass-25-off-3...</a>
I'm an independent creator running a deal (50% off the 1st year, and there's a generous free tier too):<p><a href="https://www.checkbot.io/" rel="nofollow">https://www.checkbot.io/</a><p>> Checkbot is a Chrome extension that finds website SEO, speed and security problems before your users do. Test 100s of pages at a time including local development sites to stop critical issues going live.
Plotapi (<a href="https://plotapi.com" rel="nofollow">https://plotapi.com</a>) has its 20% off sale running... it's independent :) focus is on creating beautiful and interactive visualisations