Accordia

The problem: Most engineering managers know 1-on-1s are one of the highest-leverage things they do each week, but there's a strange gap in the tooling for it. Some track 1-on-1s in a notebook. Many more build a shared Google Doc or Notion page per direct report; it works well for the first few weeks, then quietly stops being updated. Nobody deletes it, it's just not really used any more. On the other end of the spectrum, platforms like Lattice or 15Five exist, but they're built for the whole company: performance review cycles, goal-tracking, HR compliance, admin dashboards. An engineering manager who just wants a well-run 1-on-1 doesn't want, or need, to be provisioned a seat in an enterprise HR suite. The real issue isn't a lack of manager discipline. It's that a shared doc depends entirely on discipline, remembering to open it before the meeting, remembering what was discussed three weeks ago, manually checking whether last time's action items actually happened. When that discipline slips, because managers are busy, the 1-on-1 quietly turns into an unstructured status update with no memory and no follow-through. How Accordia works: Accordia is a lightweight 1-on-1 tool built specifically for engineering managers. Each direct report gets their own space with: Custom agenda builder: set up recurring or one-off discussion topics per report, so every 1-on-1 starts with structure instead of a blank page. Focused session mode: a clean, distraction-free view for actually running the meeting, instead of scrolling through a long shared doc. Action item tracking: commitments made during the conversation are captured and followed up on automatically, so nothing gets silently dropped between meetings. Persistent history: past notes and context are always one click away, removing the need to manually recall what was covered last time. There's a fully working demo at getaccordia.com that requires no sign-up, so you can try the real product before creating an account. Why it's different Accordia isn't trying to compete with Lattice or 15Five for enterprise HR budgets. It's competing with the shared doc or spreadsheet most managers are already using, and slowly abandoning. The idea is simple: keep the parts of a 1-on-1 tool that managers actually use (agenda, notes, action items) and cut everything built for HR admins, review cycles, and org-wide reporting. Who it's for Built primarily for engineering managers, though the structure works for any people manager running regular 1-on-1s with direct reports. Pricing Free tier available for up to 3 direct reports, no credit card required. Paid tiers (Manager Pro, Team Pro) unlock unlimited direct reports.