Fractional CTO Insights

Most commentary on AI and financial markets focuses on the productivity upside. Corporate earnings, margin expansion, efficiency gains. That story is probably

The consensus view is that AI will eliminate junior developer roles first, while senior developers remain indispensable. I think that analysis is backwards.

Agencies leave CTO-level revenue on the table because partnering feels risky. A practical framework for offering CTO-as-a-service without threatening the

The software-as-a-service model has dominated enterprise technology for twenty years. It will not collapse. But the structural advantage it has always relied

For decades, businesses have agonised over whether to build custom software or buy an off-the-shelf product. That decision is becoming irrelevant. Here is why

A practical decision guide for founders wondering whether to hire a fractional CTO. The triggers that signal you need one, the situations where you don't, and

There is now software that listens to interview questions, generates answers using AI, and displays them invisibly on the candidate's screen. Your screen

Gartner reports that only 22% of organisations are getting significant value from AI. After working inside organisations on both sides of that number, the gap

Analysts have confirmed what many of us suspected. Most organisations are not getting meaningful returns from their AI investments. The reasons are not

What does a fractional CTO actually cost in the UK, and how does it compare to hiring a full-time CTO? A transparent breakdown of salaries, employer on-costs,

AI development productivity is not what the headlines suggest. The METR study found experienced developers were 19% slower with AI, yet believed they were

If WordPress really let anyone build a website, there wouldn't be 30,000 agencies worldwide doing it for them. The same pattern repeats across the entire