Write for Us Software Development: Software Development Blog Guest Post Guidelines

A software development write for us search mostly brings up directories and agency blogs that want posts linking to their services, so the pitches that arrive are often sales pages in disguise. What this blog wants is an engineer explaining their work to the people who commission it: how a team estimated a project and why it still overran, what a tech lead looks for in a pull request, why a company rewrote one system and left another alone.

My readers are business owners and founders who commission, manage or depend on software they didn't write. They already read my guides to software product development, productivity tools for developers and ChatGPT prompts that speed up coding work. A software development post has to help them work better with the people who build their software. That's the gap I'm trying to close, and it's a wide one.

60-second software development guest post check

A strong submission can answer yes to all five points:

• Do you build, lead or manage software development
• Can you explain one decision so a non developer follows it
• Does your opening answer the reader's question in the first two lines
• Have you kept out agency promotion and framework wars
• Would a founder commissioning software find it useful

Read the guidelines and submit your guest post.

What we publish

• Estimating software projects and why they overrun
• Working with developers as a non technical founder
• Rewrite or refactor: how teams decide
• Testing and quality without slowing everything down
• AI coding assistants in real development teams
• Hiring developers and running a small team
• Security habits every development team should have
• Shipping often without breaking things

If your post could be published on any software development site with the logo swapped, it is not for us.

What we look for in software development posts

These are the software development topics that land, and the version of each that gets turned down.

Topic	What gets accepted	What gets declined
Planning	How you scope and estimate projects	A generic agile explainer
Architecture	Why you rewrote or kept a system	Framework comparisons with no context
Quality	Testing habits that work for your team	Code with no explanation
Teams	How you hire and run developers	A pitch for your agency
AI in development	How assistants changed your workflow	Claims that AI will replace developers

What we don't accept

• Code tutorials with no business context
• Agency promos written as articles
• Framework wars and language debates
• Thin posts with no first hand experience behind them
• Previously published posts republished from another site

What you get

• Your article in front of an engaged audience of business owners, marketers and founders
• One relevant, contextual link back to your own site
• A byline and the credibility of an established, high-traffic blog
• Editorial help to make the piece as strong as it can be before it goes live

How to submit

Send your pitch or draft through the contact form. Include the topic, the one specific problem the post solves, and a line on your first-hand experience with it. One idea per pitch works best. You will hear back on whether it is a fit before you write the full draft.

What a strong software development pitch looks like

A weak pitch says "I want to write about the best programming languages to learn." A strong one says "I'm a tech lead at a small software house, and I want to show how we estimate client projects, the scope question that saves us most often, and why we stopped promising fixed dates for anything new." One is a brochure. The other is worth reading.

The angles that get accepted fastest

• Why software estimates go wrong and what helps
• Questions a founder should ask their developers
• When a rewrite is worth it
• Testing habits for a small team
• How AI coding assistants change code review
• Hiring a first developer
• Security basics a team shouldn't skip
• Releasing small and often

Looking for more places to pitch? The sites that accept guest posts page helps you build a shortlist of blogs in your niche.

The traffic behind a placement here

Straight from Google Search Console, 3 to 30 October 2026: this site was shown 3.6 million times in Google results and received 23,300 clicks. That is the readership a software development post joins. Want a firmer route than a pitch? Sponsored posts and link placements in articles that already rank are available too, and here is how to partner with me.

Frequently asked questions

Does Lilach Bullock accept software development guest posts?

Yes. Software development guest posts are welcome from engineers, tech leads, CTOs and development agency leads. We publish real project lessons explained in plain English, and decline unexplained code, agency promos and framework wars.

What software development topics do you accept?

Estimating, working with non technical founders, rewrites and refactoring, testing, AI coding assistants, hiring developers, security habits and shipping often. The common thread is helping business owners work better with developers.

Do you accept machine learning engineering guest posts too?

Yes, but pitches about building and training models suit the machine learning page better. Every pitch reaches the same editor, and the same rule applies: real projects, clear reasoning and no promotion.

How long should a guest post be?

Most accepted posts run between 1,200 and 2,000 words. Length matters less than usefulness: a tight 1,200 word post with one clear lesson beats a 3,000 word overview every time. Use short paragraphs, clear subheadings and at least one real example.

Can I include a link back to my own site?

One contextual link back to your own site is fine when it is relevant and helps the reader. Posts written purely to build a backlink with no real value for the reader are not published.

Do you accept previously published content?

No. Every submission must be original and not published anywhere else first, including your own blog, Medium, LinkedIn or a guest slot on another site. Republished or lightly reworded content gets declined, and we check before anything goes live.

Can I use AI tools to help write my guest post?

You can use AI to help with research or tidying your draft, but the experience, examples and opinions must be yours. Posts that read like generic AI output, with no first-hand detail, are declined.

Do you accept sponsored or commercial partnerships?

Commercial and partnership enquiries are handled separately from editorial guest posts. If you are a brand or agency wanting to work together rather than pitch an article, say so in the contact form and you will get the right details back.

How long does a decision take?

We aim to come back to you within a few working days. If the pitch is specific and clearly written, with the result in the first line, the decision is much faster.

Do you edit guest posts before they go live?

Yes. Every accepted post gets an editorial pass for clarity, structure and accuracy, and you may be asked for an extra example or a missing number. The aim is to make your piece as useful as it can be, not to change your voice.

Can I pitch more than one idea?

Yes, but send them one at a time or as a short numbered list with one line each. The strongest pitch goes first, and a single clear idea with a real result almost always beats several vague ones.

How do I submit a software development guest post?

Send your pitch through the contact form with the topic, the specific result or lesson you will cover, and a line on your own experience building, leading or managing software development. One idea per pitch works best, and you will hear back before you write the full draft.

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