CTO Logic

How CTOs Leverage Strategy to Drive Business Outcomes

Strategy — it's the key to focusing on the right things, and it's simpler than people make out.

Feb 19 • 

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December 2024

The True Cost of Custom Features: 3 Painful Taxes

That feature you built to help close a lucrative deal? — You lost money on it.

Dec 5, 2024 • 

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November 2024

The New CTO's Survival Guide: Rescuing a System at its Breaking Point

You've just stepped into your role as CTO, only to inherit a revenue-generating system that's gasping for air. With 3,000 daily active users pushing the…

Nov 19, 2024 • 

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The Dangers of Being Indispensable: A CTO’s Rescue Mission

When an irreplaceable leader left behind potential chaos, I stepped in and discovered two ways to be indispensable.

Nov 12, 2024 • 

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October 2024

How a CTO's Strategic Questions Saved a Startup from Hell

Asking the right business questions prevented a fintech startup from getting trapped in a badly structured partnership deal.

Oct 29, 2024 • 

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Agile + Scrum — a convenient fiction

Enabling agile software development in command-and-control style companies.

Oct 9, 2024 • 

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July 2024

How I align tech initiatives to business goals

A CTO's job is to align tech strategy with the company's business strategy. The most valuable part of my job is helping clients achieve this. This is…

Jul 10, 2024 • 

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June 2024

5 revealing questions for startup CEOs to assess their CTOs

These 5 litmus-test questions are designed to be highly indicative of problems, or to justify and even increase your confidence in your CTO.

Jun 26, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Web Apps are Native Apps

Why native apps aren't necessarily your best option.

Apr 3, 2024 • 

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March 2024

CTO Logic is booting up ...

A newsletter that opens a window into the mind of a software CTO.

Mar 7, 2024 • 

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February 2024

5 best practices to survive going viral

... and for resisting DDoS attacks.

Feb 15, 2024 • 

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January 2024

How much uptime can I afford?

99.5% uptime is more cost-effective than 99.99% for most startups!

Jan 10, 2024 • 

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