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manager.dev
Personal blog · zaidesanton.substack.comcareerbusinessprogramming
manager.dev is a personal blog at zaidesanton.substack.com about career, business and programming. Since 2023, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 42 times, most often “How I destroyed the company's DB (a stupid SQL mistake)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- How I destroyed the company's DB (a stupid SQL mistake)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-12-31
- Product Management is broken, a change is coming3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-01-09
- Proven mental models for engineering managers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-02-04
- Why sprints are taking the joy out of building software2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-10-30
- Refactoring Almost Ruined My App2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-12
- Feature flags are ruining your codebase2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-05
- The ridiculous policy that forced engineers to come to the office at 2 AM2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-30
What Hacker News says?
Submitted The Guide to Stock Options Conversations as a story · 154 points
HN discussionSubmitted The slow death of the hands-on engineering manager as a story · 100 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why sprints are taking the joy out of building software as a story · 54 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hiring ONLY seniors is the worst policy in the software industry as a story · 40 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I destroyed the company's DB (a stupid SQL mistake) as a story · 35 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I destroyed the company's DB as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted "20% for tech debt" doesn't work as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Write messages that prevent bugs in reasoning as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Managing superstars can drive you crazy as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proven mental models for engineering managers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Refactoring Almost Ruined My App as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Distracting software engineers is much more harmful than you think as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feature flags are ruining your codebase as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't stop your SQL journey with Joins as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming an Engineering Manager – Is It for You? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Product Management is broken, a change is coming as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Product Management is broken, a change is coming as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Being an Engineering Manager at Flo as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I decided to quit a Director's job as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proven mental models for engineering managers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Being an Engineering Manager at Meta as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the senior leadership doesn't take you seriously as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mistakes of managers under 30 – by Anton Zaides as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why sprints are taking the joy out of building software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why managers have more bad days as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Refactoring almost ruined my marriage as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feature flags are ruining your codebase as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The policy that forced engineers to come to the office at 2 AM twice a year as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ridiculous policy that forced engineers to come to the office at 2 AM as a story · 2 points
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