CTO Logic is booting up ...

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

Welcome to CTO Logic — a newsletter that opens a window into the mind of a software CTO.

I write about how to operate professionally at the intersection of software engineering, tech management, leadership and business.

You'll get (FREE):

• Tips that are pragmatic, jargon-free and hard-earned.

• Additional perspectives to those you see from your current position — if you’re technical, I’ll show you how the business side thinks, and vice-versa.

• Explanations and decision rationales I wish I could have used to convince my bosses and stakeholders in the past. 

I'm not starting from scratch, though. For the past year, I've been writing daily on LinkedIn and in addition, I have published quite a few stand-alone articles elsewhere.

These are the most popular articles (I’ve migrated them to this newsletter):

How much uptime can I afford?

Escape the Feature Factory trap using Business Impact Categories & Budgets

Technical Debt = Duct Tape + Rust

Upcoming Articles

Coming soon will be informative articles for people on both sides of the tech / business divide, on topics such as:

• My "… for CxOs" series, in which I show non-engineering executives exactly what they should know, and why they should care, about: GitHub, JIRA, Agile, technical debt etc.

• Practical tips and advice for CTOs and engineering heads.

• Advice for CEOs about how to get the best from their engineering organisations. (OK, it's mainly about what not to do.)

• How to scale organisations — it's harder than scaling technology.

Thanks!

I should have started this ages ago, and I want to thank Anton Zaides, author of Leading Developers, for giving me the final push to accept Substack's invitation to get this newsletter up and running. Anton’s newsletter for engineering managers is packed with practical and thought-provoking tips and advice, and is peppered with personal anecdotes.

In addition, I’d like to recognise the following people for their inspiration, encouragement, and for setting an example I can only try to follow:

• Nicola Ballotta author of The Hybrid Hacker

• Adrian Stanekauthor of snackableCTO

• Denis Čahukauthor of 🔮 Crafting Tech Teams

• Gregor Ojstersek author of Engineering Leadership

And finally …

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