Stay tuned: tech newsletters, slack groups and folks I follow and cherish dearly

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I am oftentimes asked how I know about this or that event, opportunity or feature. I decided to compile a list of the resources that help me stay up to date.
Note: all entries are (were intended to be) sorted alphabetically.

Table of contents:

Newsletters
Slack Communities
Podcasts
Meetups (NYC)
Twitter

Newsletters

General

a11y Weekly: web accessibility and accessible design
Avd Grimm: Ruby and Rails and general computing;
Interview Cake: weekly emails with most popular real-world coding interview questions;
Joy of Computing: weekly geek projects, oftentimes REALLY obscure by The Recurse Center;
Maggie Appleton: explaining JS/React concepts through illustrations;
Maggie Appleton: explaining programming concepts through illustrations;
Programming Digest

JS and React

Chris Ferdinandi: daily js tips;
JS Joe
Kent C. Dodds: everything React, JS and testing;
React Digest

Ruby

Advi Grimm’s Ruby-specific newsletter
Ruby weekly: general Ruby hot goss;
Sandi Metz;

Social justice, diversity in tech

Code It Forward: a tech ngo dealing with civic tech, posting info about jobs and awesome programs;
Code with Veni: monthly email with a list of articles that are mainly written by underrepresented techies
Diversify Tech: job posts, conference alerts, speaking scholarships, tech events;
Tech Ladies: jobs and workshops;
Women Who Code Newsletters: you need to become a member to have access to many WWC newsletters (I love them)

Slack Communities

A11y - accessibility — both in terms of design, coding and testing;
Ruby on Rails Link — awesome, 11,000 RoR devs;

Women and non-binary folks only:

Ladies Get Paid - awesome for networking, professional support and salary negotion tips;
ReactLadiesNYC — it’s recently started, the intention is to have a supportive community of React developers; at the moment it’s mostly just gathering the crowd and sometimes raffles for tickets for tech/coding events;
Ruby on Rails Link — awesome, 11,000 RoR devs;
Women Who Code Frontend
Women Who Code NYC
Women Who Code Mobile
Women Who Code Data Science

Podcasts:

Chats with Kent: all things react
CodeNewbie: perfect for everyone
Egghead: general programming
FreeCodeCamp: general programming
Hacking Humans: hacking :)
JS Jabber: js
Ladybug: general programming
Reply All: all things internet (I LOVE IT)
Software Engineering Daily: general

Meetups (NYC):

General:

JS. React:

Ruby:

Ruby

For women and non-binary folks:

LGBTQIAP:

For Black devs:

We build black

Twitter

Note: As a rule, I try to follow wholesome awesome humans. As far as I know, I do not follow folks who tweet racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, queerphobic, or otherwise discriminatory tweets. The list below features folks who represent diverse communities even though one may not be able to say so from just the handle. I attached some subjects they tweet about but it is never a comprehensive list.

@5teph: css, general web dev, accessibility
@a11ysea: accessibility
@ASpittel: general dev stuff, ladybug podcast
@bitandbang
@b0rk: tech zines
@cassidoo: hilarious + CSS
@ceceliacreates: JS, cypress
@codelandconf: just a great conference
@codenewbies: the most supportive crowd
@dan_abramov: react team
@evacide: infosec
@eveporcello: graphql
@GodisRivera: inclusion in tech
@iamdeveloper: jokes
@iamharaldur: accessibility, design, general inclusive web
@IamSchulz: general web dev
@jensimmons: CSS working group member
@JPonder77: frontend, women who code
@kentcdodds: React, JS, testing
@koseMari: general web dev
@kvlly: general tech, ladybug podcast, freelancing
@KimCrayton1: inclusive tech
@kthomas901: iOS dev
@lauragift_: front-end, tech writer
@laurieontech: gatsby, tech writing
@liatrisbian: tech ethics, accessibility, css, ai/ml
@LucySuddenly: inclusive tech advocate
@lynnandtonic: front-end, css, responsiveness
@Mandy_Kerr: front-end
@marcysutton: accessibility advocate + gatsby
@Mappletons: tech illustrations
@maxcell: general tech, currently python
@molly_struve: general tech, site reliability
@nae_ohmi: js, react, internationalization, localization, accessibility
@nayonna1: general tech
@NicMakesStuff: tech, accessibility, illustrations
@nitya: general tech, visual storytelling
@ossia: freeCodeCamp founder
@oluoluoxenfree: JS & accessibility
@ParissAthena: creator of #BlackTechTwitter
@reactjs
@reactladiesnyc: a react meetup
@samantha_ming: html, css, js
@sarah_edo: CSS, SVG
@saronyitbarek: founder of CodeNewbie and Codeland Conf
@seldo: Netflix data analyst, founder of npm
@shanselman: general tech, Microsoft team
@sophiebits: former manager of reactjs, inclusive tech advocate
@sundress: accessibility
@swyx: svelte, react
@TaelurAlexis: accessibility
@tannerlinsley: Javascript, React, ReactQuery
@tartanllama: C++, inclusive tech
@TatianaTMac: design + dev, social justice in tech, diversity
@tech_natural: tech & science
@techgirl1908: test automation
@tlakomy: js, react, serverless
@thepracticaldev: Dev.to team
@usereactnyc: a nyc react meetup
@venikunche: diversity + inclusion in tech
@wesbos: JS, React, CSS
@yechielk: Ruby on Rails, Torah & tech

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Top comments (7)

Annie Liao • May 25 '20

Thanks for organizing all this, Sylwia! As a visual learner, I also subscribe to Maggie Appleton's newsletter (illustrated.dev/). She uses illustrations to explain key concepts from some of Egghead's courses.

🦄N B🛡 • May 25 '20

It's good to see that the special needs of our Visual Learners out there are being properly accommodated.

I am indeed ~~reading~~ visually consuming What the Fork is Rust on illustrated.dev.

Sylwia Vargas • May 25 '20

It's funny that I didn't know about the newsletter because I follow Maggie Appleton on Twitter and enjoy her work so much!
If you're a visual learner, do you know Julia Evans' zines? I looooooove the way she breaks down complex stuff.