Dave Farley, co-author of Continuous Delivery, is a software consultant with 40 years of experience in agile development, high-performance systems, and automated testing. He shares insights on continuous delivery, TDD, BDD, and software design for complex projects.
Paul’s Weblog is a personal, tech-adjacent blog mixing software engineering insights, weeknotes, developer tips, and thoughtful cultural commentary. Short, witty posts covering tools, events, and reflections from life in tech.
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.
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.
Charity Majors is a prominent voice in DevOps and operations, advocating for strong operational ownership and better production tooling. She writes about observability, engineering culture, and why operations is a critical, respected engineering discipline.
Swizec Teller is a software engineer, speaker, and educator sharing lessons from his journey from junior developer to Silicon Valley. He writes about engineering skills, career growth, mindset, and practical tactics for succeeding in tech.
Alejandro AR writes about technology, programming, AI, philosophy, and everyday life. His blog features reflections on software development, team dynamics, AI applications, and creative problem-solving.
Liran Tal is an AI security researcher and Node.js security expert focusing on securing agentic AI workflows, MCP, and software supply chains through research, education, and open-source work.
Tom Ashworth shares insights on product management, software development, and technical leadership, with a focus on probabilistic modeling, Rust, GraphQL, and practical guides for teams.
Josh Goldberg is an open-source maintainer in the TypeScript ecosystem, best known for his work on typescript-eslint, and an author, speaker, and Microsoft MVP dedicated to improving modern web development.
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.
SimonWillison.net is the long-running blog of Simon Willison, a software engineer, open-source creator, and co-author of the original Django framework. He writes about Python, Django, Datasette, AI tooling, prompt engineering, search, databases, APIs, data journalism, and practical software architecture. The blog includes detailed notes from experiments, conference talks, and real projects. Readers will find clear explanations of topics such as LLM workflows, SQL patterns, data publishing, scraping, deployment, caching, and modern developer tooling. Simon also publishes frequent micro-posts and TIL entries that document small discoveries and tricks from day-to-day engineering work. The tone is practical and research oriented, making the site a valuable resource for anyone interested in serious engineering and open data.
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.
MartinFowler.com is the long-running technical blog of Martin Fowler, author, software architect, and Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks. The site serves as a cornerstone for modern software engineering, featuring influential essays and guides on software architecture, refactoring, agile methodologies, design patterns, and continuous delivery. Martin’s writing combines deep technical expertise with a clear, educational tone, making complex ideas about domain-driven design, microservices, and testing strategies accessible to engineers of all levels. Classic works like Refactoring, Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, and Continuous Integration originated from concepts first explored on this blog. With over two decades of archives, MartinFowler.com remains one of the most authoritative and enduring resources in professional software development.
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.
