Deep Technical Writing

Long-form analysis and technical deep-dives

12blogs

Filippo Valsorda

words.filippo.io

Go security team member writing about cryptography and open source maintenance.

Open SourceSecurity & Privacy
2
tonsky.me

tonsky.me

tonsky.me

Essays on typography, performance, and critical takes on software design.

DesignProgramming
16
Chelsea Troy

Chelsea Troy

chelseatroy.com

Thoughtful essays on software engineering, ethics, and teaching.

Programming
5
Quanta Magazine
Publication

Quanta Magazine

quantamagazine.org

Illuminating mathematics, physics, biology and computer science research through public service journalism.

Science & Research
4

Kyle Kingsbury on distributed systems, Jepsen testing, and database correctness.

Systems & Infrastructure
6
The Morning Paper

The Morning Paper

blog.acolyer.org

Daily summaries of influential computer science research papers.

Science & ResearchSystems & Infrastructure
11

Julia Evans

jvns.ca

Approachable explanations of Linux, networking, and debugging through zines and comics.

Systems & Infrastructure
12

Simon Willison's Weblog

simonwillison.net

Open source developer building tools to help journalists, archivists, librarians and others analyze, explore and publish their data

AI & Machine LearningProgramming
14

Salvatore Sanfilippo, creator of Redis. Deep thoughts on programming, systems design, and software craft.

ProgrammingSystems & Infrastructure
4
Two-Bit History

Two-Bit History

twobithistory.org

Computing history in story form — from ARPANET to Doom to the BBC Micro.

Culture & InternetHistory
4

Xe Iaso's blog

xeiaso.net

Thoughts and musings from Xe Iaso

ProgrammingSystems & Infrastructure
1
Random ASCII

Bruce Dawson (37-year industry veteran) on performance, debugging, and Windows internals.

ProgrammingSystems & Infrastructure
7