← SignalSource Directory

The Reading
List.

The underlying publications feeding the Signal. We prioritize deeply technical, engineering-first blogs over generic news aggregators.

Core

Anthropic

AI research and product updates from Anthropic.

AI EngineeringLLMsSafety
Monitored

AWS Architecture

Reference architectures and best practices for building on AWS.

CloudArchitectureInfrastructure
Core

Brendan Gregg

Systems performance analysis and methodology.

PerformanceSystemsLinux
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ByteByteGo

System design and architecture explanations.

ArchitectureBackendSystems
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Canva Engineering

Engineering at Canva.

EngineeringBackendInfrastructure
Core

Chip Huyen

Machine learning engineering and systems.

AI EngineeringDataArchitecture
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ClickHouse

Fast open-source OLAP database engineering.

DatabasesPerformanceBackend
Core

Cloudflare Blog

Deep technical posts on internet infrastructure, networking, and edge computing.

InfrastructureNetworkingSecurity
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CNCF

Cloud Native Computing Foundation ecosystem.

CloudInfrastructureDevOps
Core

Cockroach Labs

Engineering a distributed SQL database.

DatabasesDistributed SystemsBackend
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Confluent

Data streaming and Apache Kafka engineering.

Distributed SystemsBackendInfrastructure
Core

Dan Luu

Deep, rigorous analysis of programming and systems.

EngineeringPerformanceCulture
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Datadog Engineering

Building systems for monitoring and observability.

ObservabilityInfrastructureReliability
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Discord Engineering

How Discord scales to millions of concurrent users.

BackendPerformanceDistributed Systems
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Dropbox Tech Blog

How Dropbox builds products and infrastructure.

InfrastructureSecurityBackend
Core

Fly.io Blog

Deep dives into deploying app servers close to users.

InfrastructureCloudDistributed Systems
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GitHub Engineering

How GitHub builds and scales the developer platform.

BackendDeveloper ToolsInfrastructure
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GitLab

Engineering and DevOps at GitLab.

DevOpsInfrastructureEngineering
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Google Cloud Kubernetes

Google Cloud's container and Kubernetes updates.

CloudInfrastructureDevOps
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Google DeepMind

AI research and breakthroughs.

AI EngineeringResearch
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Google Developers AI

AI developer news and tutorials.

AI EngineeringDeveloper Tools
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Grafana Labs

Open source observability and monitoring.

ObservabilityInfrastructureBackend
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HashiCorp

Cloud infrastructure automation and security.

InfrastructureCloudSecurity
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High Scalability

Building bigger, faster, more reliable websites.

ArchitectureDistributed SystemsPerformance
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Hugging Face

The machine learning community.

AI EngineeringLLMsDeveloper Tools
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InfoQ Architecture

Software architecture news and trends.

ArchitectureEngineeringBackend
Core

Jepsen

Distributed systems safety research.

Distributed SystemsDatabasesReliability
Core

Julia Evans

Making hard technical concepts easy to understand.

EngineeringNetworkingLinux
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Kubernetes Blog

News and technical updates from the Kubernetes project.

InfrastructureDevOpsCloud
Core

Lilian Weng

Deep technical posts on machine learning.

AI EngineeringResearchLLMs
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LinkedIn Engineering

Insights into the engineering behind LinkedIn.

Distributed SystemsDataBackend
Core

Martin Fowler

Thoughts on software architecture, design patterns, and agile development.

ArchitectureEngineeringBackend
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Meta Engineering

Engineering at scale: infrastructure, ML, and systems.

Distributed SystemsInfrastructureAI Engineering
Core

Netflix TechBlog

Learn about Netflix's world class engineering efforts, company culture, product developments and more.

Distributed SystemsCloudPerformance
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NVIDIA Developer

Accelerated computing, AI, and graphics.

AI EngineeringHardwarePerformance
Core

OpenAI

Research and engineering from OpenAI.

AI EngineeringLLMs
Core

Oxide Computer Company

Building the commercial cloud computer.

SystemsHardwareInfrastructure
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PlanetScale

Scaling MySQL and database engineering.

DatabasesCloudBackend
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Redpanda

Engineering a high-performance streaming data platform.

Distributed SystemsPerformanceBackend
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ScyllaDB

Deep dives into high-performance distributed NoSQL.

DatabasesPerformanceDistributed Systems
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Sebastian Raschka

Ahead of AI - Machine Learning research and practical applications.

AI EngineeringLLMsResearch
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Shopify Engineering

Building commerce at scale.

BackendPerformanceData
Core

Simon Willison

Exploring AI, data journalism, and software development.

AI EngineeringLLMsDeveloper Tools
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Slack Engineering

Engineering at Slack.

BackendEngineeringCulture
Core

Stripe Engineering

Insights into building economic infrastructure for the internet.

EngineeringBackendReliability
Core

Tailscale

Making networking simple and secure.

NetworkingSecurityInfrastructure
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The Morning Paper

An archive of summaries from important CS papers.

ResearchComputer ScienceArchitecture
Core

The Pragmatic Engineer

Observations on software engineering, architecture, and big tech.

EngineeringArchitectureCulture
Core

TigerBeetle

A distributed financial accounting database designed for mission critical safety and performance.

DatabasesPerformanceDistributed Systems
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Uber Engineering

Engineering behind Uber's real-time matching and dispatch systems.

Distributed SystemsBackendAI Engineering