The best Software Design newsletters

Kent Beck writes about software design, testing and programming technique, framing them as ways of improving human relationships among developers. Issues mix practical techniques such as refactoring tests with reflections on working with AI coding tools and mental models for feedback loops.

Ryan Singer, author of Shape Up, shares practical guidance on defining software before hiring developers, separating framing (choosing work and getting buy-in) from shaping (specifying mechanics for building). Issues include a primer on documenting business logic and a real-world end-to-end Shape Up case study.

NDC Blog collects articles by NDC conference speakers, covering software development topics such as functional programming and design patterns, alongside conference announcements. Readers get a mix of practical technical essays from practitioners and occasional company news about NDC events and workshops.

Krumblog is the engineering and design blog of the software company Krumware, with posts on platform engineering, internal developer platforms, UX and mobile testing. Readers get a founder's account of building platforms and practical walkthroughs such as setting up the Maestro mobile test framework.

A software engineer's blog covering software design, architecture, domain-driven design and distributed systems, with posts on keeping domain models rich and on message design in event-driven systems. The excerpts are short and mostly introductions, so the depth of individual posts is only partly visible.

Official Padlet blog covering product updates, feature releases and engineering behind the Padlet collaboration and classroom tools. Posts explain what changed, why, and how the team measured or fixed it.

Covers automation of media processing and media supply chains, including updates to the open-source VideoCalc tool and commentary on how AI agents and agentic browsers affect media operations. Readers get practitioner perspective and project updates from a team building media tooling.

A weekly-ish software design and culture newsletter by Assaf Arkin mixing short witty personal anecdotes with curated links to tools, browsers, open-source apps and AI experiments. Readers get brief takes on developer tooling, AI costs and new products, with a light, humorous voice.

A personal site of project write-ups covering small web apps, game jam entries and a multi-agent AI system the author runs. Readers get short, concrete descriptions of what was built, how, and its status.

A weekly curated list of five tech articles on engineering, AI-assisted development, and engineering management, each with a short commentary from the editor. Readers get a quick, opinionated digest of what the editor considers worth reading.