Day: January 6, 2026
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Tech Lead vs. Engineering Manager: understanding the differences in team roles
What happens in many engineering teams, especially as they grow, is that the line between technical leadership and people management becomes incredibly blurry. The most senior engineer often ends up taking on both roles: being the final word on system architecture while also trying to handle performance reviews and career conversations. This creates a confusing…
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Why you should use an AI Code Review Tool
If you’re on Earth, you know code generation tools are now a standard part of the developer workflow. We’re producing code faster than ever, but this speed is creating a new, obvious bottleneck: the pull request. Reviewing a 500-line PR that was written in an hour by an AI assistant is a fundamentally different task…