I keep a reading journal to track of the articles I read each week. Lately I noticed that despite following many women developers on Twitter (some of whom blog! Some of whose blog posts I’ve read!), I’m subscribed to mostly dev blogs written by men.
To rectify this, I went through the people I follow on Twitter and Github, and asked for some suggestions. And wow, did I get a lot of suggestions! One that came up a few times is this list by Brent Simmons, which you should check out as well if you’re looking to read posts by women developers; he even made a file you can use to subscribe to the blogs on his list. Another cool resource that game up is this spreadsheet of women in gaming.
Without further ado, here’s my list, compiled from the Twitter suggestions, people I follow on various platforms, etc:
Accessibility (a11y)
Clojure
Data, statistics, and related languages
DevOps
eCommerce
Front-end (HTML, CSS, and/or JavaScript)
- Anna Debenham
- Clare O’Neill
- Claudia Romano
- Ire Aderinokun [Feed]
- Jenn Lukas
- Joni Halabi
- Joni Trythall [Feed]
- Katy Decorah: especially JavaScript [Feed]
- Lea Verou [Feed]
- Lynn Fisher
- Mina Markham
- Nicole Sullivan/Stubbornella [Feed]
- Pam Selle [Feed]
- Rachel Andrew [Feed]
- Rachel Murphey: JavaScript [Feed]
- Rachel Nabors: web animation [Feed]
- Rachel Smith
- Richa Vyas
- Sara Soueidan: especially SVG [Feed]
- Sarah Drasner [Feed]
- Una Kravets [Feed]
- Val Head
Game Dev
General/Variety
- Alisha Ramos, previous writings on Medium
- Alyssa Nicoll: technically a YouTube channel
- Amy Wibowo/sailorhg, also Bubblesort Zines
- Åsa Liljegren: looks JavaScript-centric thus far [Feed]
- Ashley Grenon: some hacker projects recently. [Feed]
- Bron Thulke [Feed]
- Christin Gorman: software development [Feed]
- Cristina Videira Lopes
- Code Pancake: besides dev posts, also features women in tech [Feed]
- Coraline Ada Ehmke
- Dori Smith [Feed]
- Emily Claire Reese
- Felienne
- Hannah Wolfe: CTO at Ghost [Feed]
- Helen Hou-Sandí: WordPress, etc.
- Jen Refat [Feed]
- Jenn Schiffer; see also web dev satire
- Jessica Kerr: developer at Stripe [Feed]
- Jessica Lord: works at Github and talks a lot about Open Source [Feed]
- Jocelyn Leavitt: co-founder of Hopscotch
- Julia Evans: Python, Ruby, Rust, etc. [Feed]
- Julia Ferraioli: maker projects, Google tech [Feed]
- Kat Slump [Feed]
- Lara Hogan [Feed]
- Lin Clark: code concepts w/ cartoons
- Liz Keogh [Feed]
- Lynn Cyrin [Feed]
- Neil Satug: software and systems thinking
- Lori MacVittie
- Mel Reams: several different languages [Feed]
- Michelle Bustamente [Feed]
- Monica Dinculescu: works on Polymer and Chrome, posts about Chromium [Feed]
- Nicole Domingez: Python, front-end, etc. [Feed]
- Pamela L. Gay: dev is just one piece of being an astronomer. [Feed]
- Pwnela/Pamela Marie [Feed]
- Raquel Ross: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, WordPress
- Samantha John: co-founder of Hopscotch; RoR, iOS [Feed]
- Sara Chipps
- Sharon Cichelli [Feed]
- Tess Rinearson
- Tracy Osborn [Feed]
Infosec
Maker projects
- Carrie Anne Philbin (technically YouTube videos)
- Lindsey Bieda: also talks about making games [Feed]
- Micah Scott [Feed]
- Dr. Lucy Rogers [Feed]
- Simone Giertz (also a YouTube channel)
- Stacey Mulcahy (lately speaking about physical computing, anyway)
Mobile Dev
- Ashteya Biharisingh
- Holly Schinksy [Feed]
- Jen Looper: also writes about web dev [Feed]
- Neil Satug: Android
- TrozWare: Swift, etc.
Performance
- Barbara Bermes: also writes about Android dev. [Feed]
- Tammy Everts
Powershell, SQL Server, Azure, ASP.NET, other MSFT tech
- Amanda Debler
- Chrissy LeMaire
- Cennest Technologies [Feed]
- Cori Drew [Feed]
- Iris Classon
- Karoline Klever [Feed]
- Mary Branscombe
- Sapien, posts by June Blender and others [Feed]
- Teresa Wilson
Ruby/RoR
- Alyssa Nicoll [Feed], also writes on Code School blog
- Kylie Stradley [Feed]
- Sandi Metz
Testing
Other STEM topics
- Mindy Weisberger: a variety of tech and science articles for LiveScience
If you enjoy reading tech books, Lara Hogan has put together a list of books written by women. And if you’re on Twitter, John Resig’s Women Who Code list is a HUGE list of women devs to follow.