Gergely Orosz · 13 min read · Growth
The Pragmatic Engineer: Five years
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The Pragmatic Engineer marks its five-year milestone with gratitude to readers, announces free NYC events and a limited-time price reset for annual subscriptions, and reflects on its multi-channel growth. The post highlights substantial audience expansion—from 1.1M readers to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, plus podcasts and YouTube subscribers—and outlines upcoming plans, including another Pragmatic Summit. It also emphasizes reader impact and invites participation in a cash-prize writing contest.
Key Takeaways
- Celebration of a five-year milestone with community events and engagement opportunities in New York City.
- Explosive growth across channels: 1.1M+ readers, tens of thousands of paid subscribers, a podcast, and 500k+ YouTube subscribers.
- Strategic price-lift: a limited-time offer to reset annual subscriptions to $100/year.
- Expansion of content and events: deeper coverage, front-door deep-dives, podcast, Pragmatic Summit, and team growth.
- Active reader impact and participation: feedback motivates behavior changes in readers and a call for a cash-prize writing contest.
Excerpt
Wow, has it already been five years?! The newsletter hits a big milestone this week, and it wouldn’t have been possible without subscribers. Thanks to everyone who’s read an article or listened to a podcast episode during that time! Before we get into the latest issue, I’d like to point you to two upcoming events in New York City which I’ll be at. It would be great to meet some of you! They’re free to attend: Wednesday, 16 September, 6pm: turbopuffer talks . What happens when you mix a whiteboard, two senior turbopuffer engineers, and myself, with the spotlight on…