Working Surfacesources
46 sources · checked 16 September 2026

The people, publications and teams the morning job reads first, before it widens to search. Vendor blogs are read for how-the-team-works pieces, never for announcements. Aggregators are not read; the job opens the primary source and cites that.

Org
John CutlerThe Beautiful Messcutlefish.substack.com
Marty CaganSVPGsvpg.com
Christina WodtkeEleganthackeleganthack.com
Julie ZhuoThe Looking Glasslg.substack.com
Andy Buddandybudd.com
a16z.newspartner essaysa16z.news
DHH37signalsworld.hey.com/dhh
Lenny's Newsletteroperator interviewslennysnewsletter.com
Craft
Vercel blogdecision write-upsvercel.com/blog
GitHub engineering bloggithub.blog/engineering
Vitaly FriedmanSmashing Magazinesmashingmagazine.com
Jakob NielsenUX Tigersuxtigers.com
Brad Frostbradfrost.com
Nielsen Norman Groupnngroup.com
Both
Luke Wroblewskilukew.com
Pavel SamsonovThe Product Picnicproductpicnic.beehiiv.com
Teresa TorresProduct Talkproducttalk.org
Geoffrey Littgeoffreylitt.com
Engineering
The Pragmatic EngineerGergely Orosznewsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
LeadDevengineering leadershipleaddev.com
Addy OsmaniElevateaddyo.substack.com
Cate HustonAccidentally in Codecate.blog
Simon Willisonsimonwillison.net
Charity Majorscharity.wtfcharity.wtf
Will LarsonIrrational Exuberancelethain.com
martinfowler.comExploring Generative AImartinfowler.com
Salesforce Engineeringengineering.salesforce.com
Databricks blogengineering postsdatabricks.com/blog
Agoda Engineeringmedium.com/agoda-engineering
Sean Goedeckeseangoedecke.com
Manager.devfor engineering managersmanager.dev
Thoughtworks Insightsthoughtworks.com/insights
PostHog blogposthog.com/blog
People to watch
Amelia WattenbergerGitHub Nextwattenberger.com
Maggie AppletonGitHub Nextmaggieappleton.com
Kent BeckAugmented Codingtidyfirst.substack.com
Jaclyn KonzelmannGoogle Labsblog.jaclynkonzelmann.com
Emily CampbellShape of AIshapeofai.substack.com
Josh ClarkBig Mediumbigmedium.com
Nate B. Jonesnatesnewsletter.substack.com
Peter Yangoperator interviewscreatoreconomy.so
Jared SpoolCenter Centrearticles.centercentre.com
Company and studio write-ups
Designer Funddesignerfund.substack.com
Microsoft Inside Trackmicrosoft.com/insidetrack
Snowflake designmedium.com/snowflake
Uber product and engineeringuber.com/blog
Also cited
AnthropicJonah Ezekiel and Lexie Tonelliclaude.com
arXivViktor Kjellberg, Srijita Basu, Simin Sun, Farnaz Fotrousi and Miroslaw Staronarxiv.org
AtlassianBrian Houckatlassian.com
BLOG@CACMAbtin Aghagoliancacm.acm.org
Bolt LabsBurak Özdemirmedium.com/bolt-labs
CIODan Gravescio.com
CodacyCodacy with Alejandro Rizzo and Jorge Brazblog.codacy.com
CursorRustam Lalkakacursor.com
DataHubdatahub.com
Design OutcomesLeonardo De La Rochaldlr.design
Design Systems Collectivedesignsystemscollective.com
Dropbox.TechGreg Unrein, Josh Jensen and Christopher Wildmandropbox.tech
Evil MartiansAnton Lovchikov and Yuri Mandrikovevilmartians.com
Figma BlogPaige Costellofigma.com
LinearMufeez Amjadlinear.app
MediumJonah Turnquistmedium.com/@jonahturnquist
MediumRama Lingamguntamedium.com/@ramkumar2606
Nimble UXMaya Elise Joseph-Goteinermayaelise.substack.com
SEPNicole Seligsep.com
Shopify EngineeringTalha Naqvishopify.engineering
shubs.ioShubham Shahshubs.io
StripeCara Mecozzi and Steve Kaliskistripe.dev
Sublime CodingJared Smithsublimecoding.com
The Airbnb Tech BlogWren Doughertymedium.com/airbnb-engineering
this+thatJeff Reynarthisandthat.chat
UX CollectivePatrick Neemanuxdesign.cc
WarpZach Lloydwarp.dev