The Pragmatic Engineer is a two-to-three-times-a-week newsletter from Gergely Orosz covering engineering leadership, big tech and software engineering. A deeply reported engineering newsletter on software organizations, careers, industry trends, and practices inside technology companies.
It is aimed at developers. It is published on Substack and offers free issues with a paid tier. Public sources put its audience in the 1M+ subscriber range. Issues go out on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The publisher states that The Pragmatic Engineer does not accept sponsorships. Listing details were last verified in September 2026.