Time zones are a feature, not a bug — if you build the right async culture. Here's what we've learned running engineering teams around the globe.
Write things down
Async-first teams document decisions, designs, and context. Writing things down turns time-zone gaps into round-the-clock progress.
Protect overlap hours
A few hours of daily overlap are gold. Reserve them for collaboration and decisions, and do focused work outside that window.
Rajesh writes about building and scaling great software teams at Ofstech.