12 topics
Topics
The themes we return to most. Each topic page collects its episodes, shorts and articles in one place.
AI-Assisted Engineering
59
How CTOs and engineering leaders adopt AI coding tools, agents, and new development workflows without losing quality or judgment.
Testing and Quality
3
Unit tests, QA strategy, tabletop exercises, and the systems CTOs use to keep software reliable as teams and products scale.
Incident Response and Disaster Recovery
5
Preparing for outages, running tabletop drills, and building resilience so engineering orgs recover quickly when things go wrong.
Cloud Infrastructure
6
Cloud architecture, edge computing, platform choices, and the infrastructure tradeoffs that show up in CTO decision-making.
Engineering Hiring
3
Interviewing engineers, leveling, growing juniors, and hiring for an AI-shaped software industry.
Engineering Org Design
18
Team structure, platform teams, management models, and how CTOs design orgs that ship.
Fractional CTO
1
Part-time and advisory CTO work: when to bring one in, how the role works, and what good looks like.
Technical Debt
13
Measuring, communicating, and paying down tech debt and product debt without freezing delivery.
CTO and the Board
12
Communicating technology strategy upward: boards, founders, and non-technical stakeholders.
Engineering Culture
71
Trust, psychological safety, remote work, and the cultural patterns that shape high-performing engineering teams.
Security and Compliance
7
Security culture, compliance pressure, and building trust with customers through responsible technology practices.
Career Path to CTO
77
Paths into the CTO seat: skills beyond code, leadership transitions, and advice for aspiring technology executives.