The best Engineering Leadership newsletters

Refactoring is a weekly newsletter by Luca for engineers and managers, offering practical ideas on engineering leadership, technical strategy, and building high-performing teams. Readers get Monday idea roundups, interview episodes with engineering leaders, and in-depth essays on topics like API and MCP server design.

A weekly newsletter from Packt featuring expert-led deep dives and interviews on software architecture, engineering leadership and AI systems. Readers get practitioner perspectives on topics like AI workflow redesign and governance of agentic microservices, alongside promotion for Packt workshops.

Company blog from a software engineering firm covering AI adoption, governance and engineering leadership, with commentary grounded in the team's own project experience. Readers get opinionated leadership advice and some measured data on AI-assisted development.

A personal newsletter by an engineering and product leader about leading engineering teams, product development practice, and career reflection. Readers get first-person essays on setting expectations, iterating instead of over-planning, and lessons from a career break.

A weekly newsletter on becoming a stronger engineering leader, with practical advice on decision-making, communication, mentoring, and removing bottlenecks. Recent issues focus heavily on the author's book "The Multiplier Mindset" and on using AI beyond coding.

A personal blog-style newsletter by engineering leader Allen Cheung featuring reflective essays on travel, reading habits, technology and leadership. Issues mix personal anecdotes with analysis, and occasionally announce his engineering leadership coaching practice.

A software engineering leader's personal blog with reflections on using AI in daily life and work, plus occasional career updates. Readers get first-person observations on AI's practical benefits and its effects on writing and expertise.

Tech Manager Weekly is a weekly email for engineering leaders that combines a short editorial from the CTO Craft community with summaries of member discussions on topics such as AI code review, team identity and change management. It closes with event listings and a curated set of links on leadership and culture.