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Navigate the path to CTO. Engineering Leadership by Gregor Ojstersek provides weekly, practical advice on scaling engineering teams, individual growth, and technical strategy.

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Authoritative technology journalism from MIT. MIT Technology Review delivers deep analysis on emerging technologies including AI, climate tech, biotech, and computing.

Strategic advice for your career. Perspectives by Deb Liu provides weekly, actionable guides on leadership, productivity, and navigating the corporate world from a top tech CEO.

News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. Casey Newton covers the tech giants, content moderation, and how platforms shape society with insider access and sharp analysis.

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Better software, better teams. Refactoring by Luca Rossi delivers weekly, deep-dive essays on how to write great code and build high-performing engineering organizations.

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How the best leaders actually work. Scarlet Ink by David Anderson delivers weekly, behind-the-scenes insights into technical leadership at the scale of Amazon and beyond.

How the physical world is built. Scope of Work explores the planning, building, and maintenance of the systems we rely on, from supply chains to construction.

On the strategy and business of technology. Stratechery provides deep analysis of how technology companies operate and their impact on the world.

Simplified system design for the modern engineer. Neo Kim's newsletter delivers visual explanations of complex technical concepts and large-scale architectural trends.

Deeply reported tech news you won't find anywhere else. The Information is known for its exclusive scoops and high-level analysis of the tech industry.

Reflections on design and leadership. The Looking Glass by Julie Zhuo delivering weekly essays on how to build products and lead teams from one of Silicon Valley's most respected voices.

The #1 technology newsletter on Substack. Deep dives into software engineering, leadership, and the tech industry, written by a former engineering manager at Uber.

The signal, not the noise. Unsupervised Learning by Daniel Miessler delivers a weekly briefing on the intersection of security, technology, and society.

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Coverage of how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. WIRED has been essential reading for understanding technology's impact on society since 1993.