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Tech Lead Journal

Henry Suryawirawan

Great technical leadership requires more than just great coding skills. It requires a variety of other skills that are not well-defined, and they are not something that we can fully learn in...

Episodes

20 of 284 episodes

How to Build a Successful Product: Stop Chasing Pain Points, Start Finding PULL - Rob Snyder

Why do startups with great customer research, design partners and real traction still fail to sell? Rob did everything the playbook says, th...

00:52:57Oct 26, 2026

Stop Being the Hero: How Developers Become Great Software Architects - Lee Atchison

Why do the best developers often make the worst software architects? The skills that make someone a hero developer can become the habits tha...

01:02:05Oct 12, 2026

The IT/OT Handbook: From Silos to Sustainable Digitalization - David Ariens & Willem van Lammeren

Why can’t you “move fast and break things” in a factory? Because a small software bug doesn’t just crash an app, it can shut down a plant th...

01:07:18Sep 28, 2026

Don't Outsource Your Thinking: How to Lead in the AI-Native Era - Emilie Schario

What’s the one rule that matters most when AI writes most of your code? Emilie says it comes down to a single line: don’t outsource your thi...

00:59:03Sep 7, 2026

The Father of AI Assistant on Why Joy Comes Before Success - Kevin Surace

If you’re not using AI five times an hour, you’re already behind, says the man who built the first AI assistant back in 1998. Kevin explains...

00:55:32Aug 24, 2026

Software Engineering Laws Every Developer Must Know in the AI Era - Milan Milanovic

Does moving faster with AI mean you get to skip the laws that governed every software project before it? Milan Milanovic argues the opposite...

01:01:36Aug 10, 2026

Signals & Levers: Systems Thinking to Navigate Software Delivery Illusions - Elisabeth Hendrickson & Joel Tosi

(04:48) Brought to you by SpeechifyAI Tired of text-to-speech that sounds robotic or costs too much at scale? SpeechifyAI's new Simba 3.2 mo...

01:17:03Aug 3, 2026

From Technical Debt to Triple Debt: The Hidden Cost of AI-Generated Code

Is vibe coding quietly draining the thing that makes teams effective: their shared understanding? Margaret breaks down her new “triple debt”...

01:10:41Jul 27, 2026

Ex-Gojek CTO: Why the Age of AI Rewards Builders as Judgment Becomes Expensive

If expertise is becoming almost free, why is judgment becoming the most expensive skill in tech? Ajey Gore, former Gojek CTO, explains why t...

01:22:13Jul 13, 2026

The AI Productivity Paradox: Why 10X Output Doesn't Mean 10X Business Outcome

What if optimizing for AI output is actually slowing your company down? When code becomes nearly free to produce, the organizations still me...

01:05:39Jun 29, 2026

The Hidden Stories Sabotaging Your Culture Change

Why do 70% of change efforts fail — even when leadership is fully committed? The answer isn’t strategy or resources; it’s the hidden stories...

01:08:17Jun 15, 2026

Creator of Meta's Hack: Your AI Will Always Cheat — Here's How to Stop It

What if your AI coding agent is quietly cheating on your tests — and how do you stop it? Julien Verlaguet, who built the type system Meta us...

01:18:17Jun 8, 2026

Eric Ries: Why Good Tech Companies Go Bad, and How to Stop It

Why do companies with the best intentions end up betraying their customers, employees, and mission? Eric Ries calls it “financial gravity” —...

01:00:12Jun 1, 2026

Why Your AI Strategy Is Failing: The AI Paradox of Optimizing Coding Alone

What if faster coding is actually slowing your software delivery down? Most teams are pouring AI into the coding phase, but the real bottlen...

00:59:59May 18, 2026

The Future of Code Review: Stop Reviewing Line-by-Line, Start Governing AI Agents

(07:22) Brought to you by Mailtrap Mailtrap is a modern email delivery for developers with native SDKs support along with security compliant...

01:15:27May 4, 2026

FeatureOps: The Safety Net You Need When Shipping with AI

(05:00) Brought to you by Mailtrap Mailtrap is a modern email delivery for developers with native SDKs support along with security compliant...

01:04:49Apr 27, 2026

Stop Vibe Coding: Spec-Driven Development with The BMad Method

What if vibe coding is the worst thing you could do with AI agents? The developers seeing the biggest gains aren’t prompting harder. They’re...

01:16:21Apr 20, 2026

Why Incumbents Will Fall: How to Build a Hyperadaptive AI-Native Organization

Why do 80-95% of AI initiatives fail — and why is your organization’s structure to blame? Most companies are treating AI like a software upg...

01:03:58Apr 13, 2026

How Vidio (Indonesia's #1 Streaming Platform) Built Great Engineering Culture — Now Supercharged by AI

What does it take to build a world-class engineering culture when you start with five engineers on minimum wage? Tommy Sullivan did exactly...

01:29:59Apr 6, 2026

Why Senior Engineers Struggle as Tech Leads: The 3 Mindset Shifts That Fix It

Why do so many talented senior engineers struggle the moment they step into a tech lead role? Most of them are promoted based on their codin...

01:04:12Mar 30, 2026