Guides
Practical notes on team chat.
How to choose a chat tool, move a team to it, and keep it calm once you're there. Useful whichever tool you pick.
A calmer team chat: habits and settings that cut the noise
Practical habits and settings that make team chat quieter: working hours, threads, muting, catch-ups, handovers, async stand-ups and phone settings.
EU-hosted team chat: what to check before you choose
What a European company should check before choosing team chat: data location, the vendor's jurisdiction, DPA, subprocessors, encryption and exit.
How to move your team's chat in an afternoon
A practical playbook for switching team chat tools: pick a date, move only what matters, set people up automatically and keep the old export.
Stop losing decisions in chat: keep a decision log where the talking happens
Decisions made in chat threads tend to vanish. How to keep a lightweight decision log in the same place the discussion happens, and review it.
Team chat for Google Workspace companies: what to look for
What to check when a Google Workspace company picks a chat tool: domain sign-in, directory sync, org-aware mentions, groups and admin controls.
Why your team chat should keep its full history
Chat has become your company's record. Why full message history matters, what losing it costs, and what to ask a vendor before you commit.
What's new in Tandly
Every change worth knowing about, written the way we'd explain it to you in person.