The Pragmatic Engineer
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The Pragmatic Engineer

by Gergely Orosz

Software engineering at Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Deepdives with experienced engineers and tech professionals who share their hard-earned lessons, interesting stories and advice they have on building software.
Especially relevant for software engineers and engineering leaders: useful for those working in tech. newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com

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1
Building WhatsApp with Jean Lee
1:10:37 Mar 18, 2026
2
From IDEs to AI Agents with Steve Yegge
1:31:17 Mar 11, 2026
3
Building Claude Code with Boris Cherny
1:37:01 Mar 4, 2026
4
Mitchell Hashimoto’s new way of writing code
1:57:36 Feb 25, 2026
5
The programming language after Kotlin – with the creator of Kotlin
1:44:10 Feb 12, 2026
6
The third golden age of software engineering – thanks to AI, with Grady Booch
1:17:05 Feb 4, 2026
7
The creator of Clawd: "I ship code I don't read"
1:54:04 Jan 28, 2026
8
How AWS S3 is built
1:18:14 Jan 21, 2026
9
The history of servers, the cloud, and what’s next – with Oxide
1:39:17 Dec 17, 2025
10
Being a founding engineer at an AI startup
1:04:25 Dec 3, 2025
11
Code security for software engineers
1:07:38 Nov 26, 2025
12
How AI will change software engineering – with Martin Fowler
1:48:53 Nov 19, 2025
13
Netflix’s Engineering Culture
59:34 Nov 12, 2025
14
From Swift to Mojo and high-performance AI Engineering with Chris Lattner
1:32:04 Nov 5, 2025
15
Beyond Vibe Coding with Addy Osmani
1:08:26 Oct 29, 2025
16
Google’s engineering culture
2:46:20 Oct 15, 2025
17
Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript and AI with Armin Ronacher
1:14:12 Oct 8, 2025
18
Hypergrowth startups: Uber and CloudKitchens with Charles-Axel Dein
1:44:21 Sep 24, 2025
19
Code Complete with Steve McConnell
1:30:17 Sep 10, 2025
20
The state of VC within software and AI startups – with Peter Walker
1:19:37 Aug 6, 2025
21
Measuring the impact of AI on software engineering – with Laura Tacho
1:11:30 Jul 23, 2025
22
Amazon, Google and Vibe Coding with Steve Yegge
1:33:41 Jul 16, 2025
23
What is a Principal Engineer at Amazon? With Steve Huynh
1:13:17 Jul 9, 2025
24
How AI is changing software engineering at Shopify with Farhan Thawar
47:03 Jul 2, 2025
25
The present, past and future of GitHub
1:27:14 Jun 18, 2025
26
TDD, AI agents and coding with Kent Beck
1:15:31 Jun 11, 2025
27
50 Years of Microsoft and Developer Tools with Scott Guthrie
1:04:06 Jun 4, 2025
28
From Software Engineer to AI Engineer – with Janvi Kalra
1:09:30 May 28, 2025
29
How Kubernetes is Built with Kat Cosgrove
1:08:47 May 14, 2025
30
Building Windsurf with Varun Mohan
1:27:54 May 7, 2025
31
How to work better with Product, as an Engineer with Ebi Atawodi
1:15:27 Apr 30, 2025
32
Building Reddit’s iOS and Android app
1:26:08 Apr 23, 2025
33
Working at Amazon as a software engineer – with Dave Anderson
1:27:41 Apr 16, 2025
34
The Philosophy of Software Design – with John Ousterhout
1:21:23 Apr 9, 2025
35
Stacked diffs and tooling at Meta with Tomas Reimers
1:13:15 Apr 2, 2025
36
Building Figma Slides with Noah Finer and Jonathan Kaufman
58:24 Mar 26, 2025
37
How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman
1:19:21 Mar 19, 2025
38
Developer Experience at Uber with Gautam Korlam
1:20:35 Mar 12, 2025
39
Design-first software engineering: Craft – with Balint Orosz
1:12:37 Mar 5, 2025
40
The man behind the Big Tech comics – with Manu Cornet
1:07:49 Feb 26, 2025
41
Developer productivity with Dr. Nicole Forsgren (creator of DORA, co-creator of SPACE)
1:22:39 Feb 19, 2025
42
Live streaming at world-record scale with Ashutosh Agrawal
1:02:12 Feb 12, 2025
43
AI Engineering with Chip Huyen
1:14:44 Feb 5, 2025
44
Building a best-selling game with a tiny team – with Jonas Tyroller
1:29:32 Jan 29, 2025
45
Observability: the present and future, with Charity Majors
1:14:25 Jan 22, 2025
46
“The Coding Machine” at Meta with Michael Novati
1:15:30 Jan 15, 2025
47
Confessions of a Big Tech recruiter
1:02:52 Jan 8, 2025
48
Shipping projects at Big Tech with Sean Goedecke
59:17 Dec 18, 2024
49
Notion: going native on iOS and Android
1:20:37 Dec 11, 2024
50
Software architecture with Grady Booch
1:30:43 Dec 4, 2024
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