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Charles-Axel Dein
Personal blog · dein.fr/postsprogrammingcareer
Charles-Axel Dein's personal blog at dein.fr covers programming and career. Since 2019, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “When Should a Manager Step In?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Charles-Axel Dein's post on what he learnt becoming a tech lead, based on six months in the role. One commenter calls it a great article on the same topic.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Charles-Axel Dein's personal website.
Most-linked posts?
- When Should a Manager Step In?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-03-23
- Principles for Good Code (2015)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-16
- Interviewing in the Age of AI2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-05-28
What Hacker News says?
A great article on the same topic, read it just days ago: https://www.dein.fr/2014-01-29-learnings-from-six-months-as-...
Comment linking /2014-01-29-learnings-from-six-months-as-a-first-time.html
on “What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead”Submitted Maslow's Pyramid of Code Review (2015) as a story · 132 points
HN discussionFunny! I wrote the same article 6 years ago: https://www.dein.fr/2015-10-01-10-principles-for-good-code.h...
Comment linking /2015-10-01-10-principles-for-good-code.html
on “Dieter Rams' design principles applied to software engineering”Submitted It's time to move your docs in the repo as a story · 30 points
HN discussionGreat article. I have a similar process, described here: https://www.dein.fr/posts/2026-01-08-write-and-checkout-the-...
Comment linking /posts/2026-01-08-write-and-checkout-the-plan
on “How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution”Submitted Principles for Good Code (2015) as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted Test coverage only matters if it's at 100% as a story · 23 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interviewing in the Age of AI as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interviewing in the Age of AI as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learnings from six months as a first-time engineering manager as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Python Project Checklist as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Should a Manager Step In? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted When should a manager step in? – dein.fr as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Should a Manager Step In? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI agents: write and checkout the plan as a story · 1 points
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