Brian Beach is a developer advocate, speaker, and author leading the Developer Experience community at AWS, helping teams improve productivity with infrastructure as code, DevOps, and generative AI.
Jeremy Daly is a seasoned technology leader, AWS Serverless Hero, and co-founder of Ampt. He writes about serverless architectures, cloud applications, programming, and developer productivity, sharing insights from over 25 years in tech.
Zack Kanter — Founder & CEO of Stedi and former founder of Proforged, sharing thoughtful essays on startups, entrepreneurship, Amazon’s business model, and founder mindset, grounded in real operating experience and long-term reflections on building companies.
Michael Bahr — Practical software engineering articles focused on AWS serverless architecture, DynamoDB, AWS CDK, cost optimization, monitoring, and real-world cloud problem solving, with hands-on tutorials and production-tested insights shared through bahr.dev.
Eric Hammond — AWS Hero and author of Alestic.com, sharing hands-on experience and insights on Amazon Web Services, Linux, and cloud infrastructure, with practical guidance grounded in real-world usage.
Morling.dev is the personal blog of Michael Morling, a software engineer and architect with deep expertise in Java, Spring, JVM internals, architecture, performance, and developer tooling. His writing focuses on practical and detailed explanations of topics such as Spring framework internals, microservices design, JVM garbage collection, performance tuning, clean architecture, Gradle builds, and language features that matter in real projects. Michael often breaks down subtle behaviors of the JVM and Spring ecosystem, helping developers understand why things work the way they do and how to improve reliability and efficiency in production systems.
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.
tkdodo.eu is the personal blog of Dominik Dorfmeister, a web developer from Vienna with a strong focus on React and TypeScript. Dominik is a co-maintainer of TanStack Query, one of the most popular async state management libraries in the React ecosystem, where he focuses on education, support, and explaining complex concepts in an approachable way. On his blog he writes in depth articles about React, TypeScript, React Query, async state management, and practical frontend patterns. Many posts are based on real questions from the community on Twitter, Stack Overflow, and the TanStack Discord, which makes the content very close to what developers struggle with in day to day work. He also helps maintain remeda, a TypeScript focused utility library, and often shows how strong typing and good tooling can make React apps safer and easier to maintain.
AlexDeBrie.com is the blog of Alex DeBrie, an AWS Data Hero and one of the most recognized experts on Amazon DynamoDB and NoSQL data modeling. He writes in depth articles on DynamoDB concepts such as partitions, single table design, transactions, costs, consistency, and one to many relationships, always backed by clear mental models, examples, and tradeoff analysis.
Blog.johnfolberth.com is the technical blog of John Folberth, a cloud and DevOps engineer focused on Azure, Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, and infrastructure as code. The site provides practical guides for people who are “figuring out DevOps in Azure”, with step by step articles on topics such as Bicep, CI/CD strategies, Azure Budgets, Key Vault automation, SQL deployment pipelines, Terraform from Azure DevOps, and Azure certifications.
Tlakomy.com is the personal blog of Tomasz Łakomy, a Senior Frontend Engineer, tech speaker, and egghead.io instructor who is currently working on Cloudash, a serverless monitoring tool. On his blog he shares notes and deep dives about AWS, serverless architectures, AWS CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, AppSync, GraphQL, TypeScript, and frontend development, always with a practical and friendly tone.
JoelOnSoftware.com is the personal blog of Joel Spolsky, a software engineer, entrepreneur and writer. He is known for founding companies like Fog Creek Software and co-founding Stack Overflow. His blog features influential essays on software development, management, architecture, user interface design, productivity, and hiring. Joel’s writing blends technical insight with business-savvy, covering topics such as the "Joel Test" for evaluating software teams, handling legacy codebases, and building software organizations that work well. Over the years his archives have become essential reading for software professionals who care about building quality systems and thriving teams.
Codeaholicguy is the personal blog of Hoang Nguyen, Director of Engineering at ShopBack, where he writes thoughtful, hands-on pieces about software engineering, leadership, and building with purpose. Posts range from practical team practices and architecture notes to deep dives on AI-assisted workflows with tools like CursorAI. The tone is pragmatic, product-minded, and aimed at engineers who want to ship faster without sacrificing code quality.
Marius Sandbu is a Norwegian cloud architect and technology evangelist, best known for his long-running blog msandbu.org, where he’s been sharing in-depth insights on cloud infrastructure, security, and end-user computing since 2012. He currently works as a Nordics Lead Cloud Architect at Sopra Steria, helping enterprises design and secure complex multi-cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. A long-time Microsoft MVP (Azure) and conference speaker, Marius is also the author of several books on topics such as Citrix NetScaler and cloud security. Through his blog, talks, and the Cloudfirst podcast, he bridges the gap between enterprise IT and real-world implementation, offering clear, experience-driven guidance for cloud professionals who value depth over hype.
mattlayman.com is a blog by Matt Layman, a software engineer who focuses on building complex web applications, primarily using Django. He shares his expertise through regular live streams on YouTube, where he teaches others how to build advanced SaaS projects. Matt is also deeply involved in the tech community in Frederick, Maryland, where he founded Python Frederick and has helped organize local tech events. Currently, Matt is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Included Health, working to enhance the patient experience through technology. His blog offers insights into web development, community involvement, and his career journey.
