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Avg Comments
1.4
Avg Likes
93.1
Engagement Rate
0.04%· ~95 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Typical for lists with 245K+ subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Technology
0.04% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
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| How to use AI agents better than 99% of people#160: A full guide to graph shaped memory for AI agentsJul 7, 2026 | Public |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) - A Deep Dive#159: A clear introduction to CDNs and their core conceptsJul 2, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| A2A Protocol - Deep Dive#158: How AI agents collaborate to solve complex tasksJun 26, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| You Won’t Use Claude The Same Way After Understanding This Folder#157: A map of every file inside, and why it controls what Claude does before you type a wordJun 24, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| mobile system design was HARD until I learned these 53 concepts#156: Part 3 - Modular Architecture, Feature Flags, Staged Rollouts, and 11 others.Jun 22, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| The Secret Architecture Behind AI Data Centers#155: Why AI breakthroughs are really infrastructure breakthroughsJun 19, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 30 Core Agentic Engineering Concepts, Explained Simply#154: What an agent is, how to configure one, when to use multiple, and how to keep them from doing damage.Jun 17, 2026 | Public |
| How Docker Works - A Deep Dive#153: Part 2 - DevOps MastermindJun 14, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Designing a Payment Backend with Stripe Integration#152: The complete engineering blueprint for a Stripe-integrated payment backendJun 10, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
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245K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
1.8
median: 0.9
Publishing Consistency
79/100
median: 64/100
Subscribers
245K
median: 1K
10.4K paid
Weekly Growth
Stable
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Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published Jul 13, 2026
Usually publishes Thu
1.8 posts/week avg
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