Tech Lead Journal

Tech Lead Journal

Henry Suryawirawan

Episodes 273
Avg. Duration 57m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (15)
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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 any school or book. Hear from experienced technical leaders sharing their journey and philosophy for building great technical teams and achieving technical excellence. Find out what makes them great and how to apply those lessons to your work and team.

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

Jun 08, 2026 1h 18m

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 used to migrate tens of millions of PHP lines, is now…

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

Jun 01, 2026 1h

Why do companies with the best intentions end up betraying their customers, employees, and mission? Eric Ries calls it “financial gravity” — an invisible force that pulls even the most principled…

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

May 18, 2026 59m

What if faster coding is actually slowing your software delivery down? Most teams are pouring AI into the coding phase, but the real bottleneck is everywhere else.In this episode, Andrew Haschka,…

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

May 04, 2026 1h 15m

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FeatureOps: The Safety Net You Need When Shipping with AI

Apr 27, 2026 1h 4m

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

Apr 20, 2026 1h 16m

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 planning smarter, spec-first, and treating AI as a…

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

Apr 13, 2026 1h 3m

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 upgrade, when it actually demands a complete rewiring of how…

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

Apr 06, 2026 1h 29m

What does it take to build a world-class engineering culture when you start with five engineers on minimum wage? Tommy Sullivan did exactly that at Vidio — and the team’s average tenure of seven…

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

Mar 30, 2026 1h 4m

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 coding ability, but that same strength becomes a liability the…

Design the System, Not the Hero: Building Trust in the AI Era

Mar 16, 2026 1h 3m

In a world where AI can build your MVP overnight, what actually gives you a lasting competitive edge? Andrew Stevens argues it’s not the software — it’s the data, the trust, and the systems you build…

Why Coding Alone Is No Longer Enough: Become A Product-Minded Engineer

Mar 09, 2026 1h 2m

With AI generating code faster than ever, coding alone is no longer enough. The engineers who will stand out aren’t the ones who write the most code, but the ones who know what to build and why.In…

The MCP Security Risks You Can't Afford to Ignore

Mar 02, 2026 1h 12m

What if the MCP server you installed last week is silently leaking your emails to a stranger? The AI tools boosting your productivity could already be your biggest security liability.MCP (Model…

Stop Telling Yourself You're Bad at “People Stuff”

Feb 23, 2026 1h 14m

Think you’re just “not a people person”? Most tech leaders quietly believe this about themselves, and it’s exactly what’s holding them back.In this episode, Martijn Versteeg, founder of peer…

Why Your Platform Engineering Is Failing (And How to Fix It)

Feb 16, 2026 1h 12m

Is your platform engineering initiative struggling to deliver results? The problem might not be your tools or technology at all.In this episode, Sam Barlien, Community Organizer at Platform…

Agnes AI: Southeast Asia's Answer to ChatGPT (And 20x Cheaper)

Feb 02, 2026 1h 5m

(05:13) Brought to you by Sweep AISweep is the fastest coding assistant for JetBrains. It lets you write code 10x faster. Finally, AI that works in JetBrains. Download for free at ⁠sweep.dev⁠.What if…

Your Home Is Launching Cyber Attacks (And You Don't Know It)

Jan 26, 2026 1h 33m

(05:22) Brought to you by CyberhavenAI is exfiltrating your data in fragments. Not one big breach — a prompt here, a screenshot there, a quiet export into a shadow AI tool. Every week, AI makes your…

Gene Kim: How Vibe Coding Solved What I Couldn't in 13 YEARS

Jan 19, 2026 1h 4m

(06:23) Brought to you by Sweep AISweep is the fastest coding assistant for JetBrains. It lets you write code 10x faster. Finally, AI that works in JetBrains. Download for free at sweep.dev.Is the…

CTO Coach: Why Tech Companies are Really Laying Off Developers (It’s Not Just AI)

Jan 12, 2026 1h 2m

Why are tech companies really laying off developers? The uncomfortable truth has nothing to do with AI efficiency and everything to do with running out of ideas.In this episode, Stephan Schmidt, CTO…

#242 - The End of Traditional Management: Reimagining Work for AI-First Organization - Jurgen Appelo

Dec 08, 2025 1h 18m

(04:11) Brought to you by JellyfishAI tools alone won’t transform your engineering org. Jellyfish provides insights into AI tool adoption, cost, and delivery impact – so you can make better…

#241 - Your Code as a Crime Scene: The Psychology Behind Software Quality - Adam Tornhill

Dec 01, 2025 1h 1m

(04:00) Brought to you by UnleashUnleash is a private, flexible, and scalable feature flag system that lets teams decouple deployments from releases. It reduces the risk of shipping new features and…

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