A curated, visual directory of engineering managers, directors, VPs, CTOs, and staff-plus engineers who write publicly about leading technical teams — browse by role and topic, see each blog before you click.https://engreads.com/https://engreads.com/b/addy-osmani/https://engreads.com/b/addy-osmani/Engineering leadership and web performance from a longtime Google Chrome leader and prolific author.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/aja-hammerly/https://engreads.com/b/aja-hammerly/Thagomizer. Writing on developer relations, cloud engineering, and leading technical teams.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/allen-pike/https://engreads.com/b/allen-pike/Essays on running an engineering team and company, technical craft, and leadership from a founder's seat.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/fasterthanlime/https://engreads.com/b/fasterthanlime/Long, immersive deep dives on Rust, systems programming, and how things really work under the hood.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/boz/https://engreads.com/b/boz/Boz. Frank reflections on management, decision-making, and leadership from one of Meta's longest-tenured leaders.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/armin-ronacher/https://engreads.com/b/armin-ronacher/The Flask creator on language design, architecture, and the technical judgment of a principal-level engineer.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/avdi-grimm/https://engreads.com/b/avdi-grimm/Writing on Ruby, software design, and the working life of a senior engineer and team lead.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/avery-pennarun/https://engreads.com/b/avery-pennarun/Sprawling, original essays on engineering strategy, org dynamics, and the realities of building companies.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/ben-kuhn/https://engreads.com/b/ben-kuhn/Sharp, reflective essays on engineering management, productivity, and decision-making under uncertainty.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/bob-nystrom/https://engreads.com/b/bob-nystrom/Language design and engineering craft from a longtime tech lead and author of Crafting Interpreters.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/brandur-leach/https://engreads.com/b/brandur-leach/Carefully crafted essays on API design, Postgres, idempotency, and building reliable production systems.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/brendan-gregg/https://engreads.com/b/brendan-gregg/The definitive resource on systems performance, observability, and the deep technical craft senior leaders rely on.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/caitie-mccaffrey/https://engreads.com/b/caitie-mccaffrey/Talks and essays on distributed systems, stateful services, and building and leading platform teams.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/cal-paterson/https://engreads.com/b/cal-paterson/Carefully argued essays on engineering practice, industry trends, and where conventional wisdom goes wrong.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/camille-fournier/https://engreads.com/b/camille-fournier/Elided Branches. Candid takes on management, distributed systems, and the politics of senior technical leadership.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/cassidy-williams/https://engreads.com/b/cassidy-williams/Engineering, developer experience, and career writing from a longtime DevRel and engineering leader.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/cate-huston/https://engreads.com/b/cate-huston/Accidentally in Code. Thoughtful pieces on engineering management, remote teams, and leading through ambiguity.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/charity-majors/https://engreads.com/b/charity-majors/Blunt, funny essays on observability, on-call culture, and the management/engineering pendulum. Coined much of the modern thinking on the engineer-to-manager transition.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/chip-huyen/https://engreads.com/b/chip-huyen/Author of Designing Machine Learning Systems. Writing on ML systems, MLOps, and leading AI engineering.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/chris-kiehl/https://engreads.com/b/chris-kiehl/Candid, widely-shared essays on engineering careers, productivity, and what a decade in the industry teaches.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/dan-abramov/https://engreads.com/b/dan-abramov/Overreacted. Patient, first-principles essays on JavaScript, abstractions, and how senior engineers think.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/dan-luu/https://engreads.com/b/dan-luu/Data-driven, contrarian essays on engineering effectiveness, hiring, and organizational dysfunction.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/daniel-stenberg/https://engreads.com/b/daniel-stenberg/Decades of writing on networking, open source maintenance, and sustaining one of the world's most-used libraries.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/david-cramer/https://engreads.com/b/david-cramer/Writing on engineering culture, open source business, and leading product engineering from a founder-CTO's seat.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/dhh/https://engreads.com/b/dhh/Provocative essays on running a calm, profitable engineering company on its own terms.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/drew-devault/https://engreads.com/b/drew-devault/Opinionated essays on open source, sustainable software, and running an engineering-first company.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/erik-bernhardsson/https://engreads.com/b/erik-bernhardsson/Data-rich, contrarian essays on engineering leadership, developer productivity, and building technical companies.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/eugene-yan/https://engreads.com/b/eugene-yan/Applied ML leadership: system design, mentoring, and how to ship machine learning that matters.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/filippo/https://engreads.com/b/filippo/Writing on applied cryptography, Go, and sustaining critical open source as a full-time maintainer.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/geoffrey-huntley/https://engreads.com/b/geoffrey-huntley/Writing on AI-assisted engineering, developer tooling, and the changing shape of software work.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/gergely-orosz/https://engreads.com/b/gergely-orosz/The most-read engineering newsletter, with deep dives on Big Tech practices, leveling, and management.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/gregor-hohpe/https://engreads.com/b/gregor-hohpe/The Architect Elevator. Connecting the penthouse and the engine room — architecture and organizational leadership.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/guillermo-rauch/https://engreads.com/b/guillermo-rauch/Essays on shipping, developer experience, and engineering leadership from the founder of Vercel and Next.js.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/gunnar-morling/https://engreads.com/b/gunnar-morling/Writing on data streaming, Java, and open source engineering from a longtime systems engineer.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/harry-roberts/https://engreads.com/b/harry-roberts/CSS Wizardry. Deep, consultancy-grade writing on web performance and front-end architecture at scale.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/hillel-wayne/https://engreads.com/b/hillel-wayne/Rigorous writing on software correctness, the empirical claims of our field, and what senior engineers actually know.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jacob-kaplan-moss/https://engreads.com/b/jacob-kaplan-moss/A long body of writing on engineering management, hiring, leveling, and compensation that's widely cited in the field.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jade-rubick/https://engreads.com/b/jade-rubick/Detailed, reusable playbooks on org design, operating cadences, and director-level systems thinking.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jake-archibald/https://engreads.com/b/jake-archibald/Deep, playful explorations of browser internals, performance, and the web platform.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/james-stanier/https://engreads.com/b/james-stanier/The Engineering Manager. Structured guidance for new and growing managers. Author of Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jvt/https://engreads.com/b/jvt/Open, detailed working notes on engineering practice, API design, and growing into senior technical roles.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jason-cohen/https://engreads.com/b/jason-cohen/A Smart Bear. Long-form strategy on building products, teams, and companies from a serial technical founder.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jeff-atwood/https://engreads.com/b/jeff-atwood/Coding Horror. Widely-read essays on software craftsmanship, hiring, and leading developers.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jeff-geerling/https://engreads.com/b/jeff-geerling/Hands-on writing on automation, infrastructure, and open source from a prolific engineer-author.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jessica-kerr/https://engreads.com/b/jessica-kerr/Jessitron. Systems thinking about software, teams, and the sociotechnical nature of engineering organizations.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/jessie-frazelle/https://engreads.com/b/jessie-frazelle/Deep systems writing on containers, hardware, and engineering leadership from a co-founder of Oxide.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/joel-spolsky/https://engreads.com/b/joel-spolsky/Joel on Software. The canonical early blog on running engineering teams, hiring, and software management.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/julia-evans/https://engreads.com/b/julia-evans/Beloved for clear technical explainers and honest reflections on growth, mentoring, and senior IC/lead work.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/kellan/https://engreads.com/b/kellan/Writing on engineering leadership, technical strategy, and what makes teams effective at scale.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://engreads.com/b/kent-beck/https://engreads.com/b/kent-beck/One of the most influential voices in software methodology, now writing on tidying, design, and team practice.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT