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I wish they had hard copies.
There's always the classics:

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Obj...

https://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing...

EDIT: And it appears the website is a direct rip-off of these books.

So much so, and for so long, that I'd always assumed it was authorised. It seems not.
FWIW I already have both of those.
There are hard copies. This site is a direct rip-off of Martin Fowler's Refactoring book, among others.
This is pretty cool!

I especially like the refactoring section, which provides some useful tips on how to refactor common software problems such as "the blob" (long methods, classes, etc.).

The "Antipatterns" section of the site is the verbatim text of "AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis" [1], which is one of my all-time favorite books, but doesn't seem to credit the original at all. Is this site ripping them off?

[1] https://www.amazon.com/AntiPatterns-Refactoring-Software-Arc...