A presentation at FrontKon #26 in in Prague, Czechia by Robin Pokorny
SignalFire, State of Talent 2026
The Trident Model by Patrick Kua
Inspired by Marty Cagan
What Do Engineers Mean When We Say “Taste”? by Dave Griffith
Fundamentals of Software Architecture by Ford & Richards
Fundamentals of Software Architecture by Ford & Richards
Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans
photo: avanscoperta.it EventStorming by Alberto Brandolini
Staffing and Procurement for Fast Flow by Michael Plöd
Sociotechnical Architecture by Xin Yao
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The Trident Model by Patrick Kua
robinpokorny.com/ai-tech-lead
Just five years ago, some people wrote code and some people did the thinking around it. Tech leads owned the judgment calls: Product fit. Architectural style. System boundaries. Quality tradeoffs. Then AI took over the typing. The judgment calls did not disappear. They landed on everyone’s desk. Staff+ engineers have done this work for years. Time to learn from them.
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