Notes from working practitioners
The Univada blog
A weekly publication from the instructors, engineers, and editors behind Univada. Long-form essays on craft and career, candid interviews, and field reports from inside the platform.
What you'll find here
We publish on Tuesdays. Each week alternates between three formats: an essay from a working practitioner on something they've learned the hard way, an interview with a top-rated Univada instructor about how they actually teach, and a field report from our own team on what we've built and why.
Editorial standards
Every piece is edited by a human, fact-checked against primary sources, and reviewed by at least one practitioner in the relevant field. We disclose any commercial relationships at the top of any article that touches on them. We do not run sponsored posts. AI-assisted research is acceptable; AI-authored articles are not.
Most read this quarter
- Why we built Univada for practitioners only
- The economics of teaching online in 2026
- What we learned reviewing 4,000 course submissions
- Pricing a course: the difference between cheap, fair, and premium
- How great instructors design their first 20 minutes
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We commission a handful of guest essays every quarter from working practitioners. If you've taught, hired, shipped, or built something noteworthy in the last 12 months and want to write about it, send a one-paragraph pitch to editorial@univada.com. We pay for accepted pieces.
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