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Manager.dev is a newsletter for engineering managers on software engineering laws, persuasion, vibe coding, and team practices.
What HN saysHN links it for its list of software engineering laws; a commenter notes similar posts had earlier drawn no discussion.
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
macintux · 2026-04-21
Some similarly-titled (but less tidily-presented) posts that have appeared on HN in the past, none of which generated any discussion:
* https://martynassubonis.substack.com/p/5-empirical-laws-of-software-en…
* https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/the-unwritten-laws-of-software-engine… which linked to:
* https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/the-13-software-engineering-laws