# The Pragmatic Engineer

> The Pragmatic Engineer is an independent, reader-funded publishing business for software engineers and engineering leaders. Founded by former Uber engineering manager Gergely Orosz, it combines reported engineering deepdives, industry analysis, a free podcast, books and events to explain how software teams actually work.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Founders:** Gergely Orosz (Founder and writer)
- **Products:** The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter, The Pulse, The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, The Software Engineer’s Guidebook, Building Mobile Apps at Scale
- **Notable:** Reached one million newsletter subscribers in April 2025., Reported more than 1.1 million readers and over 500,000 YouTube subscribers in September 2026., Published 102 newsletter issues in 2023.

## Products & services

- **The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter** — Free previews and paid long-form engineering deepdives, resources and archive access; standard paid pricing is $15/month or $150/year. Group and enterprise plans are available.
- **The Pulse** — Thursday analysis of technology-industry developments affecting engineering work and careers; originally called The Scoop.
- **The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast** — Free conversations with experienced software professionals, distributed on the web, YouTube and podcast platforms.
- **The Software Engineer’s Guidebook** — A self-published career guide covering progression through senior, tech lead, staff and principal engineering roles.
- **Building Mobile Apps at Scale** — Book about 39 engineering challenges in large mobile applications.
- **The Pragmatic Summit** — In-person engineering conference; its first edition took place in San Francisco in February 2026.

## Achievements

- Reached one million newsletter subscribers in April 2025.
- Reported more than 1.1 million readers and over 500,000 YouTube subscribers in September 2026.
- Published 102 newsletter issues in 2023.
- Launched a free engineering podcast in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published The state of the tech industry in 2026 on October 6, including video and a summary of Orosz’s LDX3 New York keynote.
- **2026-09** — Fifth-anniversary update announced team additions Jessica Salmon and Ivan Klaric and plans for a February 2027 San Francisco summit.
- **2026-09** — Announced a software-engineering essay challenge with a $10,000 top prize; the stated submission deadline was October 4, 2026.
- **2026-07** — Published a subscriber-question AMA podcast with Wordsmith AI CTO Volodymyr Giginiak.

## Links

- Website: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyorosz/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/GergelyOrosz
- GitHub: https://github.com/gergelyorosz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pragmaticengineer
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gergely.pragmaticengineer.com

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