---
type: "newsletter"
title: "manager.dev"
handle: "managerdev"
owner: "Anton Zaides (@antonz23)"
canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev"
markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev.md"
archive_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/archive"
chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/chat"
website: "https://newsletter.manager.dev"
articles_total: 145
articles_listed: 20
---

# manager.dev

## Recent articles

The 20 most recent of 145 published articles. Full index: https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/archive.md

- 2026-10-13 - [5 things every EM must read/listen/watch](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/5-things-every-em-must-read-listen-watch) - The timeless shortlist
- 2026-10-06 - [12 things I miss since coding died](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/12-things-i-miss-since-coding-died) - The satisfaction of debugging, rabbit holes, and 10 more
- 2026-09-29 - [How to answer "Just use AI and move faster"](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/how-to-answer-just-use-ai-and-move-faster) - Subtitle: 3 tips from an Engineering Manager at Harvey
- 2026-09-22 - [The 4 engineering management archetypes](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-4-engineering-management-archetypes) - What would the sorting hat say about you?
- 2026-09-15 - [The broken windows theory of coding agents](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-broken-windows-theory-of-coding-agents) - When my most experienced engineer got tired of our shitty code
- 2026-09-08 - [Take that demotion](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/take-that-demotion) - It's the perfect time for a switchback move
- 2026-09-01 - [The Engineering Manager's role is under attack (again)](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-engineering-manager-s-role-is-under-attack-again) - And nobody learns from past mistakes
- 2026-08-25 - [When non-devs open PRs](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/when-non-devs-open-prs) - My failed attempts to create a good system for handling it
- 2026-08-18 - [Extreme Programming 1999->2026](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/extreme-programming-1999-2026) - Timely lessons from a 27-year-old book
- 2026-08-11 - [The 3 product battles 84% of EMs lose](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-3-product-battles-84-of-ems-lose) - "PMs decide what, engineers decide how" is a bad deal
- 2026-08-04 - [The death and revival of the hands-on Engineering Manager](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-death-and-revival-of-the-hands-on-engineering-manager) - The antidote to the AI-hype
- 2026-07-28 - [3 things top 1% teams do differently](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/3-things-top-1-teams-do-differently) - Hiring, parallelization, and why they stopped reviewing most PRs
- 2026-07-21 - [Charting your team's knowledge & skills map](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/charting-your-team-s-knowledge-skills-map) - If you rebuilt your team again today, knowing what you know now, would it look the same?
- 2026-07-14 - [Cursing the day Lovable was born](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/cursing-the-day-lovable-was-born) - Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
- 2026-07-07 - [The software engineering war](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-software-engineering-war) - Most of us picked a side and won't budge. Which one are you on?
- 2026-06-30 - [7 reasons experienced EMs get stuck](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/7-reasons-experienced-ems-get-stuck) - The mistakes that stall a career, even when you see them coming.
- 2026-06-23 - [Building a code reviewer from your team's PR history](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/building-a-code-reviewer-from-your-team-s-pr-history) - Github template inside ⬇️
- 2026-06-16 - [The "I don't know, Claude wrote this" pandemic](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-i-don-t-know-claude-wrote-this-pandemic) - When Claude drives you off the cliff
- 2026-06-09 - [The generalist EM's reading list](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/the-generalist-em-s-reading-list) - 7 books to easily catch up with non-engineering professions in tech (number 3 is a must read)
- 2026-06-02 - [Surviving in the "chaos management" era](https://usecommune.com/n/managerdev/a/surviving-in-the-chaos-management-era) - More "AI skills" is not what you need right now