lethain.com
Will Larson
CTO, Carta
Author of An Elegant Puzzle and Staff Engineer. Deep, systems-minded writing on engineering strategy, organizational design, and the realities of senior leadership.
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.
larahogan.me
Lara Hogan
Management Coach, ex-VP Eng Kickstarter
Practical management craft: feedback, one-on-ones, sponsorship, and resilience. Author of Resilient Management and Demystifying Public Speaking.
patkua.com
Pat Kua
Fractional CTO, ex-Thoughtworks
Tech leadership writing and the Level Up newsletter. Author of The Retrospective Handbook and Talking with Tech Leads.
cate.blog
Cate Huston
Director of Engineering, DuckDuckGo
Accidentally in Code. Thoughtful pieces on engineering management, remote teams, and leading through ambiguity.
theengineeringmanager.com
James Stanier
SVP Engineering, Shopify
The Engineering Manager. Structured guidance for new and growing managers. Author of Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager.
rubick.com
Jade Rubick
Eng Leadership Consultant, ex-VP Eng New Relic
Detailed, reusable playbooks on org design, operating cadences, and director-level systems thinking.
elidedbranches.com
Camille Fournier
Author, The Manager's Path; ex-CTO Rent the Runway
Elided Branches. Candid takes on management, distributed systems, and the politics of senior technical leadership.
kellanem.com
Kellan Elliott-McCrea
ex-CTO Etsy, VP Eng
Writing on engineering leadership, technical strategy, and what makes teams effective at scale.
noidea.dog
Tanya Reilly
Senior Principal Engineer, Squarespace
Author of The Staff Engineer's Path. Essays and talks (including 'Being Glue') on the invisible work that keeps teams running.
benkuhn.net
Ben Kuhn
CTO, Anthropic
Sharp, reflective essays on engineering management, productivity, and decision-making under uncertainty.
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.
marcusblankenship.com
Marcus Blankenship
Leadership Coach for Engineering Managers
Coaching-oriented writing aimed squarely at first-time and struggling engineering managers.
allenpike.com
Allen Pike
CEO, Steamclock Software
Essays on running an engineering team and company, technical craft, and leadership from a founder's seat.
paperplanes.de
Mathias Meyer
ex-CEO, Travis CI
Paperplanes. Reflective writing on leadership, remote culture, and running an engineering company.
joelonsoftware.com
Joel Spolsky
Co-founder, Stack Overflow / Fog Creek
Joel on Software. The canonical early blog on running engineering teams, hiring, and software management.
apenwarr.ca
Avery Pennarun
CEO, Tailscale
Sprawling, original essays on engineering strategy, org dynamics, and the realities of building companies.
staysaasy.com
Stay SaaSy
Senior Eng & Product Leaders
Pseudonymous, hard-won lessons on leading engineering and product organizations at SaaS companies.
boz.com
Andrew Bosworth
CTO, Meta
Boz. Frank reflections on management, decision-making, and leadership from one of Meta's longest-tenured leaders.
amazingcto.com
Stephan Schmidt
CTO Coach & Fractional CTO
Amazing CTO. Direct, practical advice for CTOs and engineering leaders on tech, teams, and strategy.
jessitron.com
Jessica Kerr
Engineering Leader & Sociotechnical Thinker
Jessitron. Systems thinking about software, teams, and the sociotechnical nature of engineering organizations.
world.hey.com
David Heinemeier Hansson
CTO, 37signals; creator of Rails
Provocative essays on running a calm, profitable engineering company on its own terms.
willgallego.com
Will Gallego
Engineering Leader, ex-Etsy/Datadog
Writing on blameless culture, resilience engineering, and growing healthy engineering teams.
brodzinski.com
Pawel Brodzinski
CEO & Management Author
Long-running blog on management, Kanban, leadership, and building a humane company culture.
loufranco.com
Lou Franco
Engineering Leader & Author
Writing on managing engineering teams, technical debt, and the craft of software leadership.
erikbern.com
Erik Bernhardsson
Founder/CEO Modal; ex-CTO Better
Data-rich, contrarian essays on engineering leadership, developer productivity, and building technical companies.
zachholman.com
Zach Holman
Engineer & Startup Advisor, ex-GitHub
Sharp, funny writing on startups, firing, equity, and the engineering culture lessons from early GitHub.
tom.preston-werner.com
Tom Preston-Werner
Co-founder, GitHub
Essays on open source, optimizing for happiness, and the founding engineering principles of GitHub.
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.
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.