ElephantPHP
PHP · elephantphp.com
PHP internals, performance, architecture and production behavior — measurements over assumptions, trade-offs over rules.
Written by Alden Pike
First issue
The publications
Different forms, one root.
One language per title, one specialist per title. Each is an independent publication on its own domain, written by an engineer who works in that language every day, about the behaviour they have actually had to explain in production. Listed in order of first issue.
JS Ledger
JavaScript · jsledger.com
JavaScript, TypeScript, and the runtimes, frameworks and tooling behind modern web applications.
Written by Jonah Vail
First issue
JVM Scope
Java · jvmscope.com
Java, runtimes, frameworks, and the systems beneath them: the JVM and its ecosystem, read closely.
Written by Marcus Venn
First issue
PyDepth
Python · pydepth.com
Python, its runtimes, frameworks, and the systems beneath them — read from source, measured, not assumed.
Written by Elliot Sayer
First issue
CSharpMind
C# · csharpmind.com
C#, .NET, and the runtime beneath them: the CLR, the JIT, the garbage collector and the frameworks built on top.
Written by Callum Reeve
First issue
SQLPress
SQL · sqlpress.com
Databases, queries and the people who run them: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle and data engineering.
Written by Elias Rowe
First issue
Gopheria
Go · gopheria.com
Go, beneath the surface — the runtime, concurrency, performance, and the trade-offs behind clean abstractions.
Written by Nolan Keir
First issue
The imprint will grow — a title opens when someone who works in that language every day is ready to put their name on it. Nothing on this page assumes a fixed number of them.