+1. I love this concept but no links defeats the original intent of the web (automated information sharing). I actually maintain a sort of plaintext blog as the "dev right of passage" of creating one's own static site generator: https://blog.lvrz.org/
Very much inspired by phrack.org, BBS, dylanaraps KISS website, plaintextsports, et. al.
I see a lot of people making opinions that clearly shows that they have not audited the entire guide. For the intended audience that the author wanted to reach. I will say that he accomplished it.
For anything that one finds as mistakes, the author went out of his way (via references) for the reader to dig further.
Very much inspired by phrack.org, BBS, dylanaraps KISS website, plaintextsports, et. al.