Ben Foster shares practical guides on ASP.NET Core, Minimal APIs, and modern .NET development, helping developers build efficient web APIs.
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.
Fred Schott is a Software Engineer based in San Francisco, specializing in modern web technologies and JavaScript. He has worked at Google on Web Components tooling, led platform engineering efforts at WorkLife (Cisco) to dramatically improve performance and reliability, and helped Box transition from a PHP monolith to a modular Node.js architecture. He’s an experienced speaker, writer, and advocate for high-quality web engineering.
Thomas Levesque is a French software developer and long-time .NET expert with 20 years of experience, specializing in C#, ASP.NET Core, and open-source development. He is a core maintainer of FakeItEasy and a former Microsoft MVP.
Mark Seemann — Independent software architect and author based in Copenhagen, known for clear thinking on software design, dependency injection, testing, and architecture through his ploeh blog and books.
Cal Paterson — London-born developer living in Helsinki, creator of csvbase and Python community organizer with a strong interest in data and open collaboration.
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.
Sebastian Raschka, PhD, is an LLM Research Engineer and AI expert bridging academia and industry, specializing in large language models, high-performance AI systems, and practical, code-driven machine learning.
Bas Dijkstra is an independent test automation consultant and trainer with 20 years of experience, specializing in HTTP API testing, RestAssured.Net, and delivering expert training worldwide.
Trisha Gee is a Java Champion, author, and international speaker with 20+ years in software development. She writes books, speaks at conferences, and advocates for developer productivity and inclusive learning.
Nicolai Parlog (nipafx) is a Java Developer Advocate at Oracle who shares deep insights on Java through blogs, talks, books, videos, and open-source projects, helping developers learn and grow.
Paweł Chudzik is a programming blog covering practical how-tos and deep dives into Docker, Java, Python, Git, testing, and software architecture.
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.
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.
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.
SebastianRaschka.com is the personal blog of Sebastian Raschka, PhD, an LLM research engineer whose work bridges academia and industry in AI and machine learning. On his blog and notes section he publishes deep, well-documented articles on topics such as LLMs (large language models), reasoning models, machine learning in Python, neural networks, data science workflows, and deep learning architecture. Recent posts explore advanced themes like “reasoning LLMs”, comparisons of modern open-weight transformer architectures, and guides for building, training, or analyzing neural networks and model internals.
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.
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.
Michael Lynch – Developer, Indie Founder and Technical Writer Michael Lynch shares honest and detailed stories from his journey as a software engineer and indie founder. His blog covers topics like building sustainable businesses, code reviews, software craftsmanship, and lessons learned from running and selling his own startup, TinyPilot. Each post reflects a mix of engineering precision and real-world experience, written with clarity and humor. Readers can find tutorials, retrospectives, and essays that go beyond code to explore motivation, productivity, and the human side of software development. This blog is a must-read for developers, indie hackers, and anyone who enjoys thoughtful writing about technology and entrepreneurship.
mattstauffer.com is the personal blog of Matt Stauffer, a web developer, author, and educator specializing in Laravel, PHP, and full-stack web development. Matt shares tutorials, insights, and resources on modern web development, covering topics like backend development, JavaScript, and Laravel best practices. He is also the author of Laravel: Up & Running and a host of the Laravel Podcast. Through his blog, Matt provides practical advice for developers, project management tips, and insights into maintaining a productive development workflow. His content is designed to help developers of all levels improve their skills and stay updated with the latest trends in the web development industry.
