Technology Guides
for Founders & CTOs
Practical, no-fluff guides to help you make better technology decisions. Written by a CTO with nearly 20 years of experience across fintech, e-commerce, and media.
Decision Guides
Facing a technology decision? These guides walk you through the key considerations so you can move forward with confidence.
How Much Does a Fractional CTO Cost?
UK day rates, engagement models, and what drives the price. Realistic ranges so you can budget with confidence.
Fractional CTO vs Full-Time CTO
Side-by-side comparison of cost, commitment, and when each option makes sense for your business stage.
Do I Need a CTO at Seed Stage?
When to bring in technical leadership, what a seed-stage CTO actually does, and the alternatives if you are not ready.
Legacy System: Modernise or Rebuild?
How to decide whether your aging system needs incremental modernisation or a full rebuild. A pragmatic decision framework.
Why Is My Dev Team Shipping Slowly?
Common causes of slow delivery, how to diagnose the real bottleneck, and when the problem needs outside help.
What Should Technical Due Diligence Cover?
The complete checklist for pre-investment or M&A tech assessments. What to evaluate, red flags to watch for, and how to structure the process.
Build vs Buy: Should You Build Custom Software?
A decision framework for choosing between custom development and off-the-shelf solutions. When to build, when to buy, and the hidden costs of each.
How to Introduce AI to Your Business
For owners and MDs: how to find the two or three places AI pays in your business, prove one in ninety days, and spot the ones that will waste your money.
How to Introduce AI Coding Tools to Your Team
The five-step rollout: written rules, a measured baseline, a bounded pilot, proper review, and what maturity looks like three months in.
AI Governance Policy for Engineering Teams
A copy-paste policy template, the GREEN / AMBER / RED file classification, and what UK and EU rules actually require of you.
Measuring the ROI of AI Coding Tools
Baseline template, two-week pilot charter, and the three metrics that look like evidence but are not.
How to Review AI-Generated Code
Worked examples of output that passed review and output that was sent back, with the reviewer's checklist.
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