Navigating the Wild Path of Tech Leadership

Insights from a Fractional CTO on Building, Scaling, and Leading Technology Teams

Should Our Prompts Be Ephemeral? The Reality of Specs as Code

Exploring the reality of Specs as Code: Sean Grove's vision of specifications as first-class artifacts versus the practical challenges of implementation. Expert insights on AI code generation, specification maintenance, and engineering practices.

Resource Allocation as Code: The Hidden Economics of Rate Limiting

Explore how rate limiting implements economic models in software systems. Learn about socialist, capitalist, merit-based, and auction models of resource allocation in distributed systems and their business impact.

Token Pricing Economics: A Systems Architecture Perspective

Understanding token pricing economics from a systems architecture perspective. Expert insights on AI cost optimization, token economics, and building scalable AI-powered systems that can scale both technically and financially.

The CAP Theorem: Making Critical Trade-offs in Distributed Systems

Understand the CAP theorem and how to make critical trade-offs between consistency, availability, and partition tolerance in distributed systems. Expert insights on system architecture and design decisions.

FinOps in Startups: Lessons from the Trenches

Learn how to implement FinOps in early-stage startups, from cost transparency to code reviews with cost consciousness. Expert insights on cloud cost optimization and building sustainable technology.