randsinrepose.com
Michael Lopp (Rands)
Eng Leader, ex-Slack/Apple/Pinterest
Rands in Repose. Long-running blog and home of the Rands Leadership Slack. Author of Managing Humans and The Art of Leadership.
cate.blog
Cate Huston
Director of Engineering, DuckDuckGo
Accidentally in Code. Thoughtful pieces on engineering management, remote teams, and leading through ambiguity.
jacobian.org
Jacob Kaplan-Moss
ex-Director of Engineering, 18F; Django co-creator
A long body of writing on engineering management, hiring, leveling, and compensation that's widely cited in the field.
philcalcado.com
Phil Calçado
ex-Director of Engineering, SoundCloud/DigitalOcean
Deep writing on microservices, platform engineering, and scaling engineering organizations.
blog.pragmaticengineer.com
Gergely Orosz
Author, The Pragmatic Engineer; ex-EM Uber
The most-read engineering newsletter, with deep dives on Big Tech practices, leveling, and management.
macwright.com
Tom MacWright
Engineering Leader, ex-Observable/Mapbox
Essays on software, maps, and the day-to-day of leading product engineering teams.
simonwillison.net
Simon Willison
Director & Django co-creator
Prolific TILs and project write-ups; a model of how a senior technical leader works in the open.
staysaasy.com
Stay SaaSy
Senior Eng & Product Leaders
Pseudonymous, hard-won lessons on leading engineering and product organizations at SaaS companies.
jessitron.com
Jessica Kerr
Engineering Leader & Sociotechnical Thinker
Jessitron. Systems thinking about software, teams, and the sociotechnical nature of engineering organizations.
willgallego.com
Will Gallego
Engineering Leader, ex-Etsy/Datadog
Writing on blameless culture, resilience engineering, and growing healthy engineering teams.
loufranco.com
Lou Franco
Engineering Leader & Author
Writing on managing engineering teams, technical debt, and the craft of software leadership.
addyosmani.com
Addy Osmani
Engineering Leader, Chrome @ Google
Engineering leadership and web performance from a longtime Google Chrome leader and prolific author.
hanselman.com
Scott Hanselman
VP of Developer Community, Microsoft
A long-running blog on developer productivity, leadership, and being effective — including the famous 'keystroke' essays.
sophiebits.com
Sophie Alpert
ex-Engineering Manager, React @ Meta
Writing on frontend engineering, management, and leading high-impact infrastructure teams.
caitiem20.wordpress.com
Caitie McCaffrey
Distributed Systems Engineering Leader
Talks and essays on distributed systems, stateful services, and building and leading platform teams.
paulirish.com
Paul Irish
Engineering Lead, Chrome @ Google
Web performance and developer-tooling writing from a longtime leader on the Google Chrome team.
mattcutts.com
Matt Cutts
ex-Administrator, US Digital Service
Engineering leadership and public-service tech from a former Google engineer who led the US Digital Service.
thagomizer.com
Aja Hammerly
Engineering Leader, Google Cloud
Thagomizer. Writing on developer relations, cloud engineering, and leading technical teams.
cassidoo.co
Cassidy Williams
ex-CTO Contenda; DevRel Leader
Engineering, developer experience, and career writing from a longtime DevRel and engineering leader.
swyx.io
Shawn Wang (swyx)
Engineering Leader & Writer, ex-Temporal
Writing on the 'Learn in Public' ethos, developer experience, and the business of engineering careers.
blog4ems.com
Stephane Moreau
Senior Engineering Manager, Zopa Bank
Blog for Engineering Managers. Practical guidance on hiring, execution, and management frameworks for engineers stepping into leadership and for managers refining how they run a team.
modernleader.is
Kelly Vaughn
Sr. Engineering Manager, Zapier
The Modern Leader. Writing for engineering leaders navigating AI, organizational design, and modern software teams — management fundamentals, tough conversations, and career visibility.