Substacks recommended by Adrian Stanek

Recommended by Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

Wannabe Wisdom, Diaries of a Fake Guru

By Ashley Evans

You know you're meant for fuller expression. Essays, coaching, and the occasional guided hypnosis. ❤️

Radical Conformity

By Colin Gautrey (Radical Conformity)

The Discipline of Freedom Provoking the thinking of executives and senior experts navigating a disrupted world.

A great collection of work around the foundational ideas of leadership, clarity and self-mastery which inspires me a lot.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

The T-Shaped Dev

By Petar Ivanov

Production-grade engineering for full-stack JavaScript developers who want to think like architects — React, Node, software architecture, and building real AI systems. No fluff, every week.

Great for practical advice around modern web tech stacks.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

Sudo Make Me a CTO

By Sergio Visinoni

Insights and tips for aspiring, current and experienced Engineering Leaders drawn from more than 15 years operating at this capacity

Sergio's newsletter, "Sudo Make Me a CTO," resonates deeply with me as a CTO because it distills complex engineering leadership insights into actionable advice, helping me navigate the challenges of tech management with clarity and confidence.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

Engineering Leadership

By Gregor Ojstersek

Weekly newsletter for becoming a great engineering leader.

An invaluable newsletter focused on leadership, career growth, and well-being, offering answers to the pressing questions of aspiring developers and tech leads.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

Product Management IRL

By Amy Mitchell

Product management one bit at a time - real world product management topics

22nd Century Frontier™

By Petar Dimov

Building or Investing in the Future? This Newsletter Is Your Edge

A smart publication for founders and investors who want practical thinking on startups, product strategy, and tech innovation. Love that one as a SaaS Founder myself.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

Customer Obsessed Engineering

By Zac Beckman

Elevate your career, execute with confidence, and build your customer obsessed mindset. Advice from an ex-Accenture Director, startup veteran, CTO.

Data Gibberish

By Yordan

Data Gibberish turns experienced data professionals into well-rounded leaders. This is how you stop being overlooked, work on the problems that matter and get paid what you deserve. Nobody else teaches you this in data.

I recommend Data Gibberish because it provides in-depth, hands-on insights into data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and workflow automation, making complex topics accessible and actionable for engineers.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

The Perception Lab

By Lucia

The Perception Lab is a collection of my reflections on the nature of perception, how we can expand it to see ourselves and the world around us more deeply and truthfully – and by doing so, live a richer life with greater agency over our life experience.

Lucia writes thoughtful, grounded pieces on intuition, nervous system regulation, and embodied leadership, especially valuable in a time when many leaders are overloaded cognitively but disconnected from themselves.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

CTO Logic

By Itzy Sabo

Pragmatic, hard-earned advice for CTOs who deliver tangible business outcomes.

Itzy Sabo's newsletter, CTO Logic, resonates deeply with me because it bridges the gap between tech and business in a way that's both insightful and genuinely practical, giving me the clarity and confidence I need in my role.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

🔮 Crafting Tech Teams

By Denis Čahuk

Unlock the Untapped Potential of Your Engineering Team. Master yourself and rid yourself of limiting beliefs. Become the leader worthy of a high performing team. Learn how to build the right things at the right time with proven industry practices

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Level up your engineering leadership!

Tabula Mag

By Stephan Schmidt

AI. Change. Hope.

Tobi’s Tidbits of Tyranny

By Tobi(as Mende)

Discover insights on leadership and teamwork in the software industry to build better workplaces for everyone.

Stoic Productivity Letter

Get your weekly dose of motivation to do productive stuff

CTO Insights

By Tosho Trajanov

For engineering leaders solving the hard problems of scale, speed, and smart leadership.

Corporate Jungle

By Victoria

Survival strategies for the modern workplace

I recommend Corporate Jungle because it turns messy workplace politics into clear, relatable archetypes and practical self-reflection work – perfectly aligned with my Stoic approach to tech leadership: understand human nature, manage yourself first, then move strategically.

- Adrian Stanek – Stoic Mentor

Thinking in Tech

By Dariusz

Clear thinking leads to clean code and architecture. Subscribe for weekly ideas and challenges that will sharpen your technical skills.