Michael writes about software development, leadership, and practical tips for fixing edge cases in tools, with a focus on GitHub Actions and workflow optimization.
John Gruber — Writer, developer, and creator of Markdown, known for building influential tools and utilities for writers and developers, and for shaping modern web writing, typography, and developer workflows through elegant, minimal software.
Jordan Krey — Software engineer with 15+ years of experience building enterprise and startup platforms, sharing insights on career growth, leadership, impostor syndrome, and the people skills engineers need to own and advance their careers.
Cassidoo.co is the personal blog of Cassidy Williams, a well known developer, speaker, and educator who writes about JavaScript, React, career growth, web development, dev tools, and learning in public. Her posts mix technical insights with approachable explanations, covering topics like UI patterns, coding tips, productivity workflows, and the human side of software engineering. Cassidy is known for her weekly newsletter, open-source work, and community involvement.
Brendaneich.com is the personal blog of Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript, co-founder of Mozilla, and founder of Brave Software. On the blog he writes long form essays about the history and future of JavaScript, ECMAScript standards, the open web, browser engines, WebAssembly, tokens and the metaverse economy, and why projects like Mozilla matter for the web’s independence. Many posts expand on his conference keynotes, such as the evolution from asm.js to WebAssembly or behind the scenes stories about Netscape, HTML5, and JavaScript’s early years. More recent entries touch on decentralized rendering, watermarking, and domain specific tokens like BAT and RNDR.
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.
Arkadiusz Kondas - Software Architect and Data Scientist writing about PHP, machine learning and software architecture. On his blog you will find practical posts on design patterns, clean testing with PHPUnit, compiling and benchmarking PHP with JIT, data structures like binary heaps, and architectural thinking for scalable systems. He also shares talks and workshops on Event Storming and pragmatic development, and maintains open-source projects including PHP-ML, a machine-learning library for PHP, and PHP Grandmaster, a chess engine deployed on AWS Lambda.
DanLuu.com is the personal blog of Dan Luu, known for long-form essays that mix systems thinking with careful measurement and clear writing. The topics range from computer latency and input lag, testing versus informal reasoning, and concurrency bugs, to industry pieces on developer compensation and curated lists of programming blogs worth reading. Many posts include data, historical context, and reproducible reasoning, which is why the site is often cited in courses and shared across the developer community. The design is intentionally minimal, which puts all attention on the ideas.
