Engineering Blogs with Stack Documentation (10)
Companies that publish extensive engineering blog posts documenting their architecture, stack decisions, and technical practices — goldmines for understanding real-world tech choices.
| Company | URL | What They Document |
|---|---|---|
| Netflix | netflixtechblog.com | Java, Spring Boot, gRPC, Cassandra, GraphQL Federation. Chaos engineering (Chaos Monkey). |
| Stripe | stripe.com/blog/engineering | Ruby, Java, Go, Scala. API design patterns. AI coding agent harness. |
| Airbnb | Airbnb Engineering | React, TypeScript (migrated from JS via LLMs), Ruby on Rails, Java. Built Visx, Epoxy, Lottie. |
| Shopify | shopify.engineering | Largest Rails app. React Native. AI-first engineering playbook (LLM proxy, 20% productivity gains). |
| GitHub | github.blog/engineering | Ruby on Rails, Go, MySQL (Vitess), React. Actions architecture, Copilot internals. |
| Intercom | intercom.com/blog/engineering | Ruby on Rails, Ember.js, React Native, Elasticsearch. |
| Monzo | monzo.com/blog | Go, K8s, AWS, Cassandra, 2,800+ microservices. Migrations at scale. |
| Atlassian | atlassian.com/blog/technology | Java, Kotlin, React, PostgreSQL, AWS. |
| Twilio | Twilio Engineering | Cloud communications, API design, ML. |
| Grafana Labs | grafana.com/engineering | Go, React, TypeScript. LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir). |
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