October 14, 2026
AI strategy for small companies: the payback period test
Most LLM use cases are demos. The ones worth funding share two traits — and here is how I price the rest.
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Notes from a fractional CTO
Practical notes for owners and boards of small and mid-sized companies: what a fractional CTO actually does, how to price technical risk, and how to hire the team that will run it. Written from 25 years of building systems and 15 leading teams.
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August 3, 2026
Compliance is a design constraint, not a cleanup project
Why SOC 2 and HIPAA projects fail late — and how designing for evidence changes the bill.
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Do you actually need a fractional CTO?
Three honest tests for whether a fractional CTO engagement beats a full-time hire — and when it clearly doesn't.
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Blog posts are how I work through problems publicly. For your company, I do the same analysis with your data, your roadmap and your board — as a fractional CTO engagement or technical due diligence review.