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The best Systems Administration newsletters

3 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

raptorswithhats.com· irregular· Inactive for over a year

A personal tech blog covering homelab infrastructure, open source software, and systems administration, with hands-on write-ups of real deployments and fixes. Recent posts include a highly available Jellyfin setup on Proxmox, Ceph and Kubernetes, a Rook Ceph OSD recovery guide, and notes on AI-driven automation.

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tylerfontaine.me· irregular· Inactive for over a year

Tyler Fontaine writes long, personal essays drawn from his career in helpdesk, sysadmin and support engineering, arguing that good technical support depends on empathy, observing users in person, and holistic thinking about connected systems. Readers get practical reflections and worked examples on what makes support and user-facing software genuinely good.

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jaguart.tech· irregular· Inactive for over a year

Jeff Jagu's personal technical blog-style newsletter covers hands-on engineering experiments, such as setting up a RabbitMQ cluster, and opinionated takes on tools like Raku's POD6 documentation format. Readers get practical install scripts, candid tool critiques, and occasional off-topic link lists.

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