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Technical Foundations for Product Managers

Build confidence without getting lost in technical jargon

It is an art to help people achieve technical competence especially those from non-tech backgrounds. Collin is the maestro at it. Take his course, read his newsletter, must read for TPMs at this time especially with AI becoming bigger and more complex.

- Aadil Maan

Alex Ewerlöf Notes

Technical Leadership, Reliability Engineering, Growth

Alex has supremely insightful writing on technical strategy, leadership and management with pro tips on implementing the ideas for your team; this is a big chunk of what TPMs do or support EMs with.

- Aadil Maan

ByteByteGo Newsletter

By Alex Xu

Explain complex systems with simple terms, from the authors of the best-selling system design book series. Join over 1,000,000 friendly readers.

It is critical that TPMs understand how large scale systems are put together. This is the best newsletter on this subject of Systems Design!

- Aadil Maan

The Pragmatic Engineer

By Gergely Orosz

Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Highly relevant for software engineers and managers, useful for those working in tech.

Refactoring

By Luca Rossi

Practical advice on writing great software and working well with humans. Read weekly by 150,000+ engineers in startups and big tech.

There is no better newsletter when it comes to engineering management and leadership like Luca Rossi’s Refactoring. His writing style is accessible, his mission is singular (make you a better engineering leader), and the topics he writes about are relevant to CTOs, PMs, TPMs, anyone that deals with or is an engineering leader. Refactoring is the must subscribe newsletter for any aspiring leader in the tech industry.

- Aadil Maan

The Beautiful Mess

By John Cutler

The beautiful mess of cross-functional product development

Technically

By Justin

Technically is a knowledge base for learning about software concepts.

Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

A weekly advice column about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career.

There is no better newsletter out there for Product Management topics and insights. The community for paid subscribers is a wealth of support, knowledge exchange, and idea testing on the internet for Product and beyond.

- Aadil Maan