About
What Is Cortex?
Cortex is a publication for engineers, architects, and technical leaders who build and operate production software systems. We cover AI, software engineering, infrastructure, and the strategic decisions that shape technology organizations.
Every article is written by practitioners — people who have built the systems they write about. No marketing fluff, no thought leadership buzzwords, no content generated to fill a publishing calendar.
What We Cover
- Artificial Intelligence — LLMs, MLOps, evaluation pipelines, and the engineering behind AI products
- Software Engineering — Architecture, code quality, type systems, and the craft of building reliable software
- Infrastructure — Cloud platforms, Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, and FinOps
- Product & Strategy — Technical leadership, developer tools, platform engineering, and career growth
Membership
Cortex is free to read. Premium members get access to in-depth technical playbooks, decision frameworks, and architecture deep dives that go beyond what we publish publicly.
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| All public articles | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly newsletter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Technical playbooks | — | ✓ |
| Architecture deep dives | — | ✓ |
| Early access to new content | — | ✓ |
Built With
Cortex runs on Ghost CMS with the custom Cortex theme — a dark-mode editorial theme designed for technical publications. Built by KONTEMI.
Features include Playfair Display + Inter typography, sticky table of contents, membership gating with tiered access, featured post hero, and a comprehensive component showcase.