Topics
Explore episodes by the themes we return to most often.
- AI-Assisted Engineering
How CTOs and engineering leaders adopt AI coding tools, agents, and new development workflows without losing quality or judgment.
56 episodes - Testing and Quality
Unit tests, QA strategy, tabletop exercises, and the systems CTOs use to keep software reliable as teams and products scale.
3 episodes - Incident Response and Disaster Recovery
Preparing for outages, running tabletop drills, and building resilience so engineering orgs recover quickly when things go wrong.
5 episodes - Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud architecture, edge computing, platform choices, and the infrastructure tradeoffs that show up in CTO decision-making.
6 episodes - Engineering Hiring
Interviewing engineers, leveling, growing juniors, and hiring for an AI-shaped software industry.
3 episodes - Engineering Org Design
Team structure, platform teams, management models, and how CTOs design orgs that ship.
18 episodes - Fractional CTO
Part-time and advisory CTO work: when to bring one in, how the role works, and what good looks like.
1 episode - Technical Debt
Measuring, communicating, and paying down tech debt and product debt without freezing delivery.
13 episodes - CTO and the Board
Communicating technology strategy upward: boards, founders, and non-technical stakeholders.
12 episodes - Engineering Culture
Trust, psychological safety, remote work, and the cultural patterns that shape high-performing engineering teams.
68 episodes - Security and Compliance
Security culture, compliance pressure, and building trust with customers through responsible technology practices.
7 episodes - Career Path to CTO
Paths into the CTO seat: skills beyond code, leadership transitions, and advice for aspiring technology executives.
74 episodes