The Software Engineer Weekly

The Software Engineer Weekly

Home
Sponsorships
Archive
Leaderboard
About
How to Build a $1k MRR SaaS Without Getting Lucky
This week, Ferryman officially crossed the $1,000 Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) milestone. It took 110 days of showing up every single day. No days…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
Be Selective About Opinions
As you get older, you have to become aggressively selective about whose advice you let into your head. Early in our lives, we’re all standing on the…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
3 Hard Truths I Learned From Being Laid Off
Nearly eight years ago, on March 20th, I woke up, walked to a coffee shop near Washington Square Park with Carly, and prepared for another Tuesday as a…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
Stability is a Trap
Most of us enter the industry with a simple plan: go to a Big Tech company, build a financial foundation, gain some “prestige,” and then leave to build…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
Your Hours Worked Don’t Matter
When you first go self-employed, there is a massive internal pressure to fill every hour with “work.” When you don’t have a 9-to-5 schedule, being busy…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
How I Use AI to Code
When I first started using AI to code, I did it sheepishly. I treated it like a gimmick or a slightly better version of Stack Overflow. But over the…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
How I Built my SaaS to $600 MRR
Since my last update, Ferryman has crossed another milestone: we just moved past $600 in Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). While the jump to $600 might…
 • Kevin Naughton Jr.
The Software Engineer Weekly
The Software Engineer Weekly
Accelerate your software engineering career with weekly tips. Read by engineers at Google, Netflix, Meta, and more. Written by a Software Engineer @ Google.
Recommendations
View all 12
A Life Engineered
A Life Engineered
Steve Huynh
The System Design Newsletter
The System Design Newsletter
Neo Kim
Engineering Leadership
Engineering Leadership
Gregor Ojstersek
Push To Prod
Push To Prod
John Kim
The Caring Techie Newsletter
The Caring Techie Newsletter
Irina Stanescu
Socials
LinkedIn
Software Developer Academy
YouTube
X
Instagram
TikTok
Website

The Software Engineer Weekly

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Kevin Naughton Jr. · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture