Tag: tech-lead

• Managing Up

  10 February 2026 - Your engineering manager needs information from you to do their job. Here's how to keep them informed, advocate for your team, and influence decisions without authority.

• Working with Designers

  06 February 2026 - The tech lead and designer relationship has unique friction points. When to push back on designs, how to collaborate early, and handling the 'pixel perfect' conversation.

• Working with Product Managers

  03 February 2026 - The tech lead and PM relationship can be the most productive partnership in a team or a source of constant friction. Here's how to make it work.

• Running Effective 1:1s as a Tech Lead

  30 January 2026 - As a tech lead, 1:1s are your most important meeting. Not status updates, not technical discussions. Real conversations about how people are doing and where they're going.

• Balancing Coding and Leading

  27 January 2026 - The hardest part of becoming a tech lead is figuring out how much code to write. Too much and you're not leading. Too little and you lose touch. Here's how...

• Your First 90 Days as Tech Lead

  23 January 2026 - The first three months as a tech lead set the tone for what follows. Here's what to focus on, what to ignore, and the mistakes most people make.

• What is a Tech Lead?

  20 January 2026 - The tech lead role means different things at different companies. At smaller organisations, it usually means doing both technical leadership and people work. Here's what that actually looks like.