About Fragments of Code

This is a newsletter about the stories from the software engineering world that sit in the margins.

I’m Alex Kondov.

I’m an engineer and writer who’s been building software for more than a decade - both for early-stage startups and media giants like the Financial Times. I explore architecture, software design, and the philosophical aspects of building things with code.

I’ve written a few books about software design, and when I’m not coding, I’m either lifting weights or playing competitive card games.

What you can expect:

• Stories about people who have impacted our industry

• Insights, lessons, and intuition that I’ve built over the last decade

• Technical deep dives on software design and distributed systems