PragmaticEngineer.com is the blog of Gergely Orosz, a software engineer and engineering manager known for clear, research-driven writing about the software industry. He publishes deep-dive essays on software engineering, architecture, scaling systems, engineering management, Big Tech practices, incident analysis, product delivery, and developer careers. Gergely combines experience from companies like Uber and Microsoft with interviews, data, and real examples from engineering teams around the world. His work is widely read because it explains how high-performing tech organizations actually operate, and what individual developers can learn from them. The blog is complemented by a popular weekly newsletter and books focused on practical engineering leadership.
9 articles from this blog
Analysis of Cloudflare's major outage that took down sites like ChatGPT and X, and their transparent postmortem report.
An experienced engineer shares lessons from writing and self-publishing a bestselling tech book after a 4-year journey, including pitching to publishers.
Analysis of Amazon's recent 14,000 layoffs, exploring whether AI or economic factors are the primary cause behind the job cuts.
A Principal Engineer compares interview processes at 8 major tech firms, detailing coding, system design, and behavioral rounds.
Analysis of the large AWS outage caused by a DynamoDB DNS failure, examining the technical details and impact on global services.
Explores creative funding models for open source projects, including the Open Source Maintenance Fee, to ensure sustainability.
A study reveals AI tools like Cursor may slow developers down by 19%, despite their perception of increased productivity.
Analysis of the US Section 174 tax change reversal and its impact on software engineer hiring and the tech industry.
Analyzing the Builder.ai controversy, debunking claims of faking AI with human engineers, and exploring the technical challenges of such a deception.
