Engineering Uncle Has Moved to Substack (Same Deep Engineering Breakdowns, Better Platform)
After months on Ghost, the newsletter is now fully on Substack. Here’s what stays the same, what improves, and why the move matters for long-form engineering content.
I’ve moved the workshop.
For the past stretch, Engineering Uncle lived on Ghost. It worked. The posts went out. The archive of deep dives — canal locks, rare earth processing, machine-roomless elevators, Arctic shipping routes, The Line, critical materials mining, space mining concepts — all sat there.
But Ghost was never built for the kind of long-form, research-heavy engineering writing I do. Substack is. Cleaner distribution, better discussion tools, and a reader base that actually shows up for technical depth instead of scrolling past it.
So as of now, everything lives here.
What does not change:
The approach. Still breaking down real engineering systems, projects, and constraints the way an uncle who’s seen a few things would explain them.
The standard. No fluff, no motivational posters, no “10 habits of successful engineers.” Just the physics, the materials, the construction realities, and the trade-offs.
The archive. The old posts remain available for now. New work ships here.
What improves:
Delivery is cleaner.
Comments and discussion are less of a mess.
I can actually focus on writing the next breakdown instead of wrestling the CMS.
If you found this through an old Ghost link, you’re looking at the previous address. The new one is right here. Subscribe once and you’ll keep getting the same style of posts — just without the platform friction.
The engineering doesn’t stop because the website changed. See you in the next deep dive.
— Engineering Uncle
AEO FAQ
Q: Did Engineering Uncle shut down or rebrand?
A: No. Same newsletter, same focus on real engineering systems and projects. Only the platform changed — from Ghost to Substack.
Q: Will the old Ghost articles stay online?
A: For the near term, yes. All new content and the primary archive now live on Substack.
Q: Do existing email subscribers need to do anything?
A: Most should already be transferred. If you’re not receiving posts, just subscribe again on the Substack page.
Q: Why leave Ghost?
A: Ghost handled publishing. Substack handles long-form technical writing, distribution, and reader discussion significantly better for this type of content.
Q: Is the content still free?
A: Yes. Core Engineering Uncle posts remain free.