CTOne Notes

Insights, technical leadership, and notes from the Fractonal CTO team.

The Tech Stack Trap: How to Choose the Right Tools Without Overengineering

Jan 22, 2024

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From the desk of a Fractional CTO who’s seen it all

I’ve walked into more engineering teams than I can count, and there’s a pattern I see repeatedly: brilliant engineers surrounded by a Frankenstein’s monster of tools, frameworks, and services that seemed like good ideas at the time. The symptoms are always the same—slow deployments, mounting technical debt, frustrated developers, and a growing sense that the technology is working against the business rather than for it.

What Does a Fractional CTO Really Do? A Day in the Life of a Scalable Tech Leader

Jan 15, 2024

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When people hear “CTO,” they often imagine someone in a hoodie architecting billion-dollar apps or presenting to VCs. But for startups and small-to-mid-sized businesses, the reality is much more nuanced—and increasingly, Fractional CTOs are filling that gap.

I’m a Fractional CTO. That means I serve as a part-time, contract-based Chief Technology Officer for multiple organizations—usually those too small for a full-time CTO but too complex to go without strategic tech leadership.