The Coder Cafe, written by a Google software engineer, teaches fundamental software engineering concepts such as testing mental models, distributed judgment, and systems architecture through long, narrative essays. Issues blend clear explanations, historical anecdotes, and personal experience to help engineers build lasting skills that AI cannot easily replicate.
Website: https://read.thecoder.cafe
Latent.Space is a technical newsletter and podcast covering how leading AI labs build agents, models, inference infrastructure, and AI for science. Recent issues cover open-source inference economics, how AI-native engineering firms structure compensation, and programmable GPU data centers.
A newsletter covering Big Tech and startups from the inside, with original reporting, data gathered from engineering leaders, industry news roundups and deep-dive interviews. Readers get insight into how software companies work, including AI tooling spend, developer infrastructure and industry trends.
ByteByteGo explains complex software and system design concepts in simple terms through short articles and illustrated refreshers. Readers get clear breakdowns of how companies like Shopify, Uber, and others build large-scale systems, plus practical engineering topics such as RAG chunking and testing.
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.
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