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AI Product Manager helping you protect human agency. Tools to showcase your creative work. A community of 18K+ readers building critical AI literacy through practice. Use AI with attitude to strengthen the branch you’re sitting on, not cut it off.

Karo offers fantastic advice for anyone working on product development teams. She also shares tips on how to grow on Substack and connect with other writers.

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Dev Leader Weekly

My weekly newsletter that simplifies software engineering for you, along with C# code examples. Join thousands of software engineers from companies like Microsoft and Amazon who are already reading!

Humanware

By Jim Amos

All software is human

Jim writes compelling posts about the human component of software engineering.

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Mental OS Update

By Dagna Bieda

Substack about thriving in your career and life — even in the most demanding circumstances. No fluff, just real lessons learned as I navigate entrepreneurship, parenting, and personal growth. Subscribe to learn, adapt, and optimize. Let's grow together.

Driving Impact

By Kareem

Systems thinking applied to a multidimensional life.

Kareem shares great insights for people involved with product development.

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None For Me

By Brian

Essays, ideas, and conversations about living well without alcohol.

Empathy Elevated

By Colette Molteni

Human skills for high-intellect professionals navigating work in the age of AI. Free weekly. Paid Deeper.

Colette provides thoughtful advice on growing your career in tech through empathy.

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AI-Native

By Daniil Shykhov

Helping engineers stay hired and earn more with AI

Blog for Engineering Managers

By Stephane Moreau

Subscribe to get 50+ EM Notion templates, The Engineering Manager's Field Guide, and access to all the posts.

Stephane shares helpful advice to grow as an engineering leader and manager.

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The δeltas Newsletter

By Gilad

Practical management advice for people who manage real humans, not spreadsheets.

Tech Unfiltered

By Jade Wilson

Honest takes on systems engineering, AI-assisted development, open source tooling, and the organizational patterns that actually matter. No LinkedIn polish, no sugarcoating... Just real insights on building software and navigating tech.

The Growing Engineer

By Lorenz Hofmann-Wellenhof

👨‍💻 Software Engineer @ AI unicorn 🇺🇸 Sharing my lessons for non-stop growth in AI, coding, and life optimizations. Cheating on my GF with Claude Code 🙃

Lorenz shares great tips for software engineers who want to level up their technical skills.

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Road Less Tested

By Alessandra Moreira

Sharing real-world insights, lessons, and unapologetic takes on delivering quality software. No fluff—just the good, the bad, and the lessons that stick.

Human-Centric Engineering

By John Durrant

Enabling software engineers and engineering leaders to build cultures of mastery, autonomy, and purpose.

Simon and John write thoughtful posts about the human ecosystem within the Tech industry.

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codeOutLoud

By Mindi Weik

Learn alongside me! A cumulation of things I wish I had known before starting a project or advice I've found helpful along the way.

Mindi writes technical posts that are easy and fun to read.

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The Chill Developer

By Fabio Hiroki

Sharing my journey in software development to inspire and support your growth in the tech industry

Fabio offers great advice to grow as a software engineer.

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Smarter Engineers 💡

By Alberto

Weekly essays that teach you how to maximize profit from skills you already have.

Alberto shares great advice for software engineers interested in a well-balanced and healthy career.

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Tech Lead Mastery

By Gábor Till

For software engineers who want more than coding. Career development towards leadership and beyond.

Gábor has extensive experience as a Tech Leader and shares fantastic leadership advice to help you grow.

- David Weiss

Developing Skills

By John Crickett

Helping software engineers to level up their leadership and soft skills.

The Manager's Mindset

By Michael Banner

A newsletter about all things related to management, team performance, career development and more within Software Engineering. Sign up to read about subjects drawn from both my own experiences and that of others.

Michael shares fantastic advice for managers and ICs in software engineering.

- David Weiss

Besides Code

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