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Anton Zaides
zaidesanton.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2023
Anton Zaides, an engineering manager, writes about software engineering, team management, product, and career topics, often from personal mistakes.
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Most-shared posts
- 1How I destroyed the company's DB (a stupid SQL mistake)3 people · 51 points · first shared 2023 · 71 comments on HN
- 2Product Management is broken, a change is coming3 people · 8 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 3Why sprints are taking the joy out of building software2 people · 56 points · first shared 2024 · 23 comments on HN
- 4Refactoring Almost Ruined My App2 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 5Proven mental models for engineering managers2 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 6Feature flags are ruining your codebase2 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 7The ridiculous policy that forced engineers to come to the office at 2 AM2 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · 2 comments on HN
- 8The Guide to Stock Options Conversations1 people · 154 points · first shared 2024 · 101 comments on HN
- 9The slow death of the hands-on engineering manager1 people · 100 points · first shared 2024 · 63 comments on HN
- 10Hiring ONLY seniors is the worst policy in the software industry1 people · 40 points · first shared 2024 · 29 comments on HN
- 11"20% for tech debt" doesn't work1 people · 13 points · first shared 2024 · 2 comments on HN
- 12Managing superstars can drive you crazy1 people · 7 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 13Write messages that prevent bugs in reasoning1 people · 7 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 14Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy1 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 15I decided to quit a Director's job1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
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