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Avg Comments
1.2
Avg Likes
97.0
Engagement Rate
0.04%· ~98 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Typical for lists with 236K+ subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Technology
0.04% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
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| Design a personal AI chat assistant#144: Part 2 - Generative AI MasterclassMay 4, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Multi-Agent Architectures, Clearly Explained#143: Coordination architectures, protocols connecting them, and how to pick the right one before you write any code.Apr 30, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 29 LLM Evaluation Concepts Every Engineer Needs to Know#142: From “it looked fine in testing” to a system you can actually trustApr 27, 2026 | Public |
| Vector Database - A Deep Dive#141: A Beginner’s Guide to the AI Stack’s Most Misunderstood ComponentApr 25, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 9 Agentic Patterns, Simply Explained#140: The design decisions behind modern AI systems: how each design pattern works, where it breaks, and when to use it.Apr 22, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| I rejected 1000s of resumes at Meta#139: This is what they got wrongApr 15, 2026 | Public |
| 11 AI Concepts Explained, Simply#138: Break into AI EngineeringApr 9, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Everything You Need to Know to Design GenAI Systems From Scratch#137: Part 1 - Generative AI MasterclassApr 7, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
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236K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
1.8
median: 0.8
Publishing Consistency
78/100
median: 63/100
Subscribers
236K
median: 1K
10K paid
Weekly Growth
Stable
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Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published May 12, 2026
Usually publishes Sat, Tue, Thu
1.8 posts/week avg
Technology Pricing
$5/mo median
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