CTO Log1 min read
Why I'm starting this blog
A log from the CTO seat: real decisions, the products I launch and what I make of the news that affects startups and SMEs.
- #cto
- #leadership
CTO Log
What happens in the CTO seat: decisions, trade-offs, teams, incidents and lessons learned.
CTO Log2 min read
Do you need a CTO yet? A decision guide for founders
Full-time CTO, fractional CTO, senior developer or agency: how to tell which one your company needs now, based on the decisions in front of you rather than headcount.
- #fractional-cto
- #founders
- #hiring
CTO Log2 min read
My first 30 days as a fractional CTO: the checklist
What I look at, in what order, when I join a company as a fractional CTO: from the intro call to a prioritised roadmap the team can execute.
- #fractional-cto
- #process
- #audit
CTO Log2 min read
Start with a modular monolith (and know when to leave it)
Why I recommend a well-structured monolith to most early-stage products, the signals that it's time to split, and how to prepare the code so the split is cheap.
- #architecture
- #microservices
- #startups