Our latest (and final, maybe) tech blogger interview takes you into the sticky web of @ssp.sh writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-spat...

This is excellent. I particularly like the definition of the "Zombie Internet", which starts: "It’s people talking to bots, people talking to people, people creating “AI agents” and then instructing them to interact with people. It’s people using AI talking to people who are not using AI [...]"

Not really a "hot take", more like stating the bleedin' obvious: AI Slop is Killing Online Communities rmoff.net/2026/05/06/a...

The latest batch of engineering blog picks for writethat.blog, courtesy of @sarna.dev ... - Understanding the Go runtime: the network poller // @jespino.bsky.social - What are skiplists good for? // Will Wilson, @antithesis.com - Open source security at Astral // @yossarian.net, Astral

Good read by @mitsuhiko.at lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/5/4/con...

If you’ve ever tried having an LLM draft a technical blog (even if you just did it once, laughed/cried, and never did it again), we’d like to hear about it. It should take less than 2 minutes. forms.gle/aQjCVL1RzvSe...

😢 Another option: just write it sinceerly.com

New tech blogger interview: This time, we’re featuring @mooreds.com, who shares how writing sends a rather powerful message writethatblog.substack.com/p/dan-moore-...

Visiting Google Next?

I personally almost immediately click away. I rarely—if ever—read through the post. And I do take note of the author, unsubscribe from their RSS feeds, and stop reading their content. This may sound drastic but if the author is using AI to write their posts they're likely to continue doing it.

When you hit an article that smells like AI, do you immediately click away? Hold your nose and keep reading if the topic is interesting? Take note of the author and never read their work again? Please share! forms.gle/UcpUPzZjaV8W...

A peek at some early results from the “how/why do you use LLMs to draft tech blogs” survey… How often respondents use LLMs to draft blogs (remember that the survey is targeted to those who have tried it, at least once or twice, NOT those who have refrained)

A peek at some early results from the “how/why do you use LLMs to draft tech blogs” survey… How often respondents use LLMs to draft blogs (remember that the survey is targeted to those who have tried it, at least once or twice, NOT those who have refrained)

I want to understand why/how people use LLMs to draft tech blogs…not LLM-shaming, just genuinely curious. If you've tried it at least once, please respond to this 2-minute anonymous survey: forms.gle/RAK8sTPF8Ey2... I’ll share the findings here.

Next up in our tech blogger interview series: @cassidoo.co , who just celebrated the 9th anniversary of her newsletter (Rendezvous with Cassidoo) 🌟 writethatblog.substack.com/p/cassidy-wi...

Piotr's latest engineering blog picks for writethat.blog... - When agents have wallets // @ludden.social - ZeroClick - Hypothesis, Antithesis, synthesis // @drmaciver.bsky.social - @antithesis.com - What happens with open source in the age of AI? // @glaubercosta.bsky.social y.social - @tur.so

If anyone wants a break from tech/doomscrolling...this is a nice watch so far www.pbs.org/show/henry-d...

The best writing habit experienced developers can build is every time you spend an expectedly long time figuring something out, don't move on! Write about it. If it was interesting & confusing to you, others will find it interesting & valuable too.

Nicely put... alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-...

I spent 2 months learning about quantization and am extremely proud of the post I've written about it. I think these are some of the nicest visuals I've ever made, and I love how this compression technique invented in 1898 is being used on the bleeding edge in 2026. ngrok.com/blog/quantiz...

Our latest interview: @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com shares his path to The Pragmatic Engineer, his favorite bloggers, and tips for others writethatblog.substack.com/p/gergely-or...

There are oodles of great nuggets in the @aaronfrancis.com keynote from the Commit Your Code conference. Some that really resonate for tech blogging…

Day 2 of Monster Scale Summit! Today, we have @skamille.themanagerswrath.com, @antirez.bsky.social, @tigerbeetle.com (Joran), @dominiktornow.bsky.social, @teivah.dev, Avi Kivity, and lots more. Guaranteed 🔥🔥🔥 www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...

Behind the scenes at Monster SCALE Summit...live now www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...

Day 1 of Monster Scale Summit is here! We have 20 sessions on tap for today, including keynotes from @dorlaor.bsky.social, Ethan Donowitz & Peter French, Thea Aarrestad, and Pat Helland & Daniel May. You can still join our free and virtual March 11-12 conference > www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...

A trillion transactions... Join us tomorrow at Monster Scale Summit.

If you're into hearing about complicated migrations of mission-critical payments platforms, you should check out my talk tomorrow at Monster Scale Summit. At AMEX, we didn't just migrate the Payments Network once; we did it twice, zero downtime. www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...

Monster Scale Summit (free and virtual) starts tomorrow. Pop in to learn from an incredible lineup (@skamille.themanagerswrath.com, @antirez.bsky.social, @martin.kleppmann.com, @muratdemirbas.bsky.social, @dominiktornow.bsky.social, @teivah.dev Pat Helland, Joran Greef....) www.scylladb.com/summit

Blog post is out! www.ssp.sh/blog/why-i-s...

Sprig used Postgres like most startups. However, its business grew faster than expected. Get the scaling lessons they learned from their Postgres to ClickHouse + Redis, and then to ScyllaDB journey during Brendan Cox's Monster Scale Summit session. www.scylladb.com/monster-scal... #ScyllaDB

📖 Your Weekend Read: @kelseyhightower.com had one of the most talked about 2025 Monster Scale Summit sessions. Whether it was sharing past work experiences or drawing on insights from his book, this keynote had many memorable takeaways. Learn more: ow.ly/uj9R50Yq7ue #ScyllaDB

"Scale isn't just performance or distribution, it's survivability." - @tigerbeetle.com's @joran.tigerbeetle.com. At Monster Scale Summit, find out what keeps most transaction processing systems from scaling and how to survive billions of transactions. www.scylladb.com/monster-scal... #ScyllaDB

Through case studies from games like Super Metroid and Mario 64, @mcy.gay explores how engineering teams should think about balancing aggressive optimization against system stability and maintainability. Don't miss this at Monster Scale Summit > www.scylladb.com/monster-scal... #ScyllaDB

[new blog post] 800th blog post: Write that Blog! muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/03/800t...

Just received my author copies of the second edition of DDIA! After years of seeing it only on-screen, holding the final print book in hand is very special. @chris.blue

New tech blogger interview -- this time we’re featuring @muratdemirbas.bsky.social, who’s about to publish his 800th (!) blog post writethatblog.substack.com/p/murat-demi...

A fun blog writing (or video creation) project...

Piotr's latest engineering blog picks for writethat.blog... - Apache Iggy’s migration journey to thread-per-core architecture powered by io_uring // @iggy.rs - Look ma, no FUSE! // @sarna.dev - Catching a caching bug at Readyset // Michael Victor Zink, @antithesis.com

✍🏻 Interesting Links in the Data & AI World, February 2026 Links from @gunnarmorling.dev, @nbuesing.bsky.social, @ssp.sh, @sap1ens.com, @neelesh.bsky.social, @rstephens.me, @justincormack.bsky.social, @sogrady.org, @simonwillison.net, @cassidoo.co, and more! 🔗 rmoff.net/2026/02/27/i...

Be there as @antirez.bsky.social explores the inner working of HNSWs and their implementation tradeoffs, and shows how vector indexes are exposed as a data type similar to the past ones in Redis. It's a keynote for Monster Scale Summit, free and virtual www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...

You see, I'm ok with AI usage in many ways. Yet I can't understand why people that don't have deficiencies in written expression use it for writing. Emails. Blog posts. Comments. Why? We only lose something in this way. We want your voice.

For our latest tech blogger interview, we’re featuring @gwenshap.bsky.social. writethatblog.substack.com/p/gwen-shapi...

The second edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, by myself and @chris.blue, is finished and sent off to the printers! Ebooks should be available in the next week, and print books in 3–4 weeks. Sigh of relief. 😅 (BTW, this is a good opportunity to support your favourite local bookshop!)

If you're a technical IC who cares about application performance, you should check out Monster Scale Summit. I had a great time keynoting last year, and the speaker lineup this year looks excellent! youtu.be/eon5E356kNE

We’re hosting an absolutely amazing lineup of speakers and talks this year. Take a look and pls join us if anything looks interesting. It's free + virtual. www.scylladb.com/2026/02/17/m...

“Writing for Developers” is featured as @manning.com's deal of the day today. The 45% discount also applies to “A Damn Fine Stable Diffusion Book” by @willkurt.bsky.social and “Everyday Data Visualization” by @callmedeeray.bsky.social . mng.bz/Y7oK

Rather chuffed to get featured on @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social's blog (alongside many names who I've fanboi'd for years, giving me serious imposter syndrome 🙃)

This week on Overcommitted, we got to sit down with Bluesky's favorite tech blogger @samwho.dev and it did not disappoint! Sam makes some of the coolest tech content on the internet, and if you haven't heard from him yet, you should! Full episode out now: overcommitted.dev/interactive-...

New tech blogger interview -- this time, we’re featuring @rmoff.net writethatblog.substack.com/p/robin-moff...

New post: Living in the Inflection Point. On the cognitive overload of watching software change in real time, why the backlash against AI is valid, and why the most important skill right now might not be technical at all. brittanyellich.com/living-in-th...