# The Pragmatic Engineer: Five years

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Author: Gergely Orosz

Published: 2026-09-01T17:14:34Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [publication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/publication.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The Pragmatic Engineer reflects on reaching its fifth anniversary, describing the publication's growth from its 2021 launch to more than 1.1 million readers, tens of thousands of paid subscribers, a podcast, and more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers. The article also announces upcoming events and a temporary annual subscription offer.

## Source excerpt

As the newsletter reaches its fifth birthday, we reflect on how the publication has changed, and what to expect. Also: the launch of the 'How Software Engineering is Changing' essay contest