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Email has been a large part of my web dev career. I learned to love building out newsletters for Code School and that led me to doing some conf talks and even creating a course! That may be one of the reasons I’ve valued them, but a very large part of it is the shift in social media for the web community. I now primarily rely on email newsletters for my industry news, sprinkling on some RSS and links from the seven apps I have to be part of to replace Twitter.
Buckle up, because I have a loooootttt of them. To be fair, I do not “read” all of these, I mostly skim them for things I’m interested in. I’m grouping them by category and I’ll start with web dev ones since that’s likely the community this will reach the most.
I promise I skim all of these each week. When life gets busy, I will claim bankruptcy and start fresh with inbox zero, but these are how I stay in the know.
Web Development
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Since Eric tagged me, I’ll lead with one that I know is important to him as well. It’s the best way I know to keep up with news around web accessibility
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My most shared newsletter, where something in it will make me laugh out loud so I’ll get it out on socials. It’s one of the few I fully read, because it’s both hilarious and informative
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Fantastic resource, with a weekly topic and one of the better collections of links to skim for your interests
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Another great one for skimming for your interests, usually with some descriptions that will make you crack a smile
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A community-driven newsletter that at one time I contributed to when Sacha was running it. It has a new sender, but the quality has remained
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A little more “think-piece” than my others, this one has some article that you usually want to sit down with a coffee (or your smart article reading beverage of choice)
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A great mix of design, dev, and product links to skim
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The focus is what’s on the tin and this one leans more towards longform articles since it’s a substack
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Another Cooperpress, I subscribe to most of what they do. They get the best collections of links related to a topic and they have for years. This one is about everyone’s favorite thing to hate
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Another Cooperpress, for people who like their JS in the shadow realm. I heard React was good, so I check this out to see
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Consistent quality links for skimming about everyone’s favorite thing to debate on if it is a programming language
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Sure, this newsletter is about CSS, but it’s really about the joy of Kevin’s enthusiasm for anything. If he wrote about Angular, I’d probably still subscribe just to enjoy his passion
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Jaw dropping work, excellent resources, and usually nice, short read at the bottom. This one sparks joy in my life
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Smashing has been a consistent resource of mine for my entire web career, starting back in 2009. Their quality has been top-notch all the way through
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One of my newer finds, this one is “heady”. You’ll typically want time to read through some advanced breakdowns of front-end work
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Another recent find, full of high quality tips for improving your code and finding ways to use the platform
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I’ve been learning from Stephanie for years and her newsletters are a great way for you to as well
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A wonderful newsletter from the web’s funniest dev. Short, human shares, great links, and a small challenge. (Plus, usually a joke)
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A fellow email nerd turned Design Lead, I greatly enjoy his recaps. They’re a mix of professional and personal shares and links
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Community-driven collections of great links
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Hot links from the best site to never read the comments section
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Quick collection of design-related links with thoughtful descriptions
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Dev articles that are typically over my head, but that I try to learn from anyways
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Recent sub, full of great articles leading to great videos, and some great links
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This moves out of the front-end realm to more “tech” news, but it’s another great collection of links to skim
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The most efficient front-end dev I’ve worked with and nowadays he puts a lot of that efficiency into product development
Data Science
I work at DataCamp and have a penchant for data visualization. These help me feel the pulse of that world.
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Skimmable collection of links
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Skimmable collection of links, with some interactive items
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I know these folks! But seriously, I like this for the data science news and for what my teammates view as valuable
AI
You may want to skim over this if you’re not into it, but I’m bullish on AI.
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Commentary and great links
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Nice grouping of links
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Love the visual style, great links to skim, and typically a nice prompt suggestion
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Love the way these are grouped, makes it a very skimmable newsletter
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A little tough to skim than others because it’s wordy and there’s very little contrast between links and the long descriptions, but always good content
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While technically a digital product collection, half of the list are AI-related things lately. I love skimming for interesting products I may want to try and to see what ideas are being built
Nashville
I live in Nash and need to keep up with latest bars, restaurants, and things to do. Not expecting you to dig these, but maybe take it as a way to see if your area has some.
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Great articles and podcast links for local stuff and a daily rundown of events and things to do. I’ve done so many thins from this.
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All things Nashville. News, politics, food, drinks, events, etc.