Specifically interested in posts that: 1. Explain technical concepts clearly and concisely 2. Show real implementation details, trade-offs, and failures 3. Are well-structured and readable 4. Tie engineering decisions back to business or product outcomes
Any standout blogs, posts, or platforms you regularly learn from?
It's not "technical" so much as it just educates you on how to be a good web developer/run a team. There's zero fluff and considerable detail (footnotes are practically blog posts themselves).
https://stripe.com/blog/engineering
https://engineering.linkedin.com/
https://engineering.atspotify.com/
https://careersatdoordash.com/engineering-blog/
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But thank you!
I think it's on purpose. It is to signal that these (those with RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all, they're marketing websites aimed to help with recruiting and making the organization seem "engineering-like".
Nothing wrong with the phrase itself of course, other than the fact that it's like literally in every other reply for me lol.
For example: The Architecture of Open Source Applications
Antirez' blog (of Redis fame) https://antirez.com/
Simon Willison's blog (about AI) https://simonwillison.net/
yrand•1h ago
Blog posts where I find quality really shows are usually about something I know next to nothing about how it works. A badly written article usually either goes really shallow or skips some facts when going into depth and requires catchup elsewhere to actually understand it. The lidar article from Main Street Autonomy goes beyond basics and explained everything from the ground up in such a connected way that it was a real pleasure reading it.