System design Blogs

2/5/2026 • EN

Rajesh P

Rajesh P writes about building scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems. His articles cover Spring Boot, API design and versioning, system design fundamentals, and modern GenAI concepts like rerankers, LLM limits, and latency optimization.

Spring Boot API Design System Design

Rajesh P

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2/2/2026 • EN

Nick Taylor

Nick Taylor (nickytonline) is a Microsoft MVP, GitHub Star, and Developer Advocate with over 20 years in tech and a decade of open-source contributions. He shares practical insights through blogging, live streaming, and community-driven developer education.

developer advocacy open source web development

Nick Taylor

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1/25/2026 • EN

Ben Recht

Ben Recht is a researcher and writer exploring the history, theory, and practice of decision-making by humans and machines. On arg min, he covers optimization, machine learning, cybernetics, and occasional reflections on music and culture.

Machine Learning Optimization Decision Making

Ben Recht

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1/25/2026 • EN

Rui Peres

Rui Peres writes thoughtful, concise reflections on leadership, software engineering, delivery, and personal growth. His blog blends management insights, tech culture, and everyday observations with a calm, reflective tone.

Engineering Leadership Software Management Personal Growth

Rui Peres

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1/22/2026 • EN

Eugene Yan

Eugene Yan is a Principal Applied Scientist at Amazon, building AI-powered recommendation systems and experiences. He shares insights on RecSys, LLMs, and applied machine learning, while mentoring and investing in ML startups.

AI machine learning recommendation systems

Eugene Yan

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1/22/2026 • EN

Benjamin Cane

Benjamin Cane shares insights on distributed systems, reliability patterns, performance testing, and engineering leadership, focusing on practical lessons for building resilient software.

Distributed Systems Performance Testing Reliability Patterns

Benjamin Cane

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1/20/2026 • EN

Kris Kula

Kris Kula is a writer, programmer, consultant, and public speaker passionate about mental models, complex systems, and productivity.

Programming Technology Mental Models

Kris Kula

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1/14/2026 • EN

Lucas F. Costa

Lucas F. Costa is a software engineer and writer sharing thoughtful perspectives on JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, and open-source development. A former Chai.js and Sinon.js maintainer and YC-backed founder, he writes about testing, code quality, and well-engineered software.

javascript typescript open source

Lucas F. Costa

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1/12/2026 • EN

Tim Kadlec

Tim Kadlec helps organizations build faster, more effective websites through sustainable web performance practices. He writes about performance culture, metrics, and real-world optimization strategies.

web-performance user-experience web-vitals

Tim Kadlec

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1/12/2026 • EN

Derek Comartin

Derek Comartin is a software developer and Microsoft MVP with 20+ years of experience across enterprise, startups, and product development, focused on software architecture and design.

Software Architecture Software Design .NET

Derek Comartin

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1/12/2026 • EN

Ivan Velichko

Ivan Velichko — Experienced software engineer and educator focused on server-side, infrastructure, and Cloud Native technologies, known for making complex systems approachable through clear explanations and hands-on learning.

Linux Networking Containers

Ivan Velichko

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1/9/2026 • EN

Ravgeet Dhillon

Ravgeet Dhillon is a developer and writer creating practical, in-depth tutorials on web development, AI, Python, and productivity, sharing real-world solutions through projects, blogs, and developer-focused content.

software developer technical writing web development

Ravgeet Dhillon

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1/9/2026 • EN

Shravan Kumar

Shravan Kumar is an indie computer scientist and systems engineer with over a decade of experience building backend architectures, distributed systems, AI agents, and developer tools, with a strong focus on open source and technical writing.

backend engineering distributed systems ai engineering

Shravan Kumar

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1/7/2026 • EN

Michael

Michael writes about software development, leadership, and practical tips for fixing edge cases in tools, with a focus on GitHub Actions and workflow optimization.

Software Development Leadership GitHub Actions

Michael

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1/6/2026 • EN

Tapas Adhikary

Tapas Adhikary shares in-depth tutorials and insights on JavaScript, React, Next.js, and QA automation, helping developers build better web applications and stay updated with modern web technologies.

JavaScript React Next.js

Tapas Adhikary

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1/3/2026 • EN

Drew DeVault

Drew DeVault’s blog features sharp commentary on open source, software engineering, programming languages, ethics in tech, and the social impact of technology.

open source software engineering programming languages

Drew DeVault

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1/2/2026 • EN

Kevin Avignon

Kevin Avignon is a software engineer and writer embracing the focused generalist mindset, sharing thoughtful insights on engineering, developer productivity, performance, system design, and the human side of building software through in-depth articles and essays.

Software Engineering Developer Productivity Generalist Mindset

Kevin Avignon

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1/1/2026 • EN

Simon Willison

Simon Willison — Independent developer and writer documenting practical experiments, tools, and deep analysis around large language models, generative AI, web development, security, and emerging programming workflows through detailed posts and daily TILs.

Generative AI Large Language Models Web Development

Simon Willison

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12/11/2025 • EN

Gunnar Morling

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.

java spring jvm

Gunnar Morling

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11/29/2025 • EN

The Pragmatic Engineer Gergely Orosz

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.

engineering software engineering architecture

The Pragmatic Engineer Gergely Orosz

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