Opinionsyoucanactuallyship
Architecture reviews, tech strategy, and diligence delivered by engineers who will still be there when the plan hits production.
Opinions we are prepared to ship
Every recommendation is one we would implement ourselves, and often do. No slideware, no vendor kickbacks.
Architecture review
Concrete, prioritised review of your current architecture with the trade-offs spelled out plainly.
Platform strategy
Cloud choice, build vs buy, data platform, AI layer. A point of view you can commit the roadmap to.
AI readiness
Where AI actually earns its keep in your product and ops, and where it is a distraction. Grounded, not promotional.
Technical diligence
Investor and acquirer diligence by operators. We tell you what the PDF will not.
Engineering org design
Team shape, hiring loops, on-call, review culture. The structural decisions that either enable or sabotage the roadmap.
Interim CTO
Fractional or interim CTO support while you hire a permanent leader. We run the job, not just advise on it.
Founders, scale-stage teams, investors, boards
Founders and early-stage teams
Stack decisions, hiring sequencing, and architectural bets before the code gets too expensive to redo.
Scale-stage engineering
Platform reviews, reliability investments, and org design for teams moving from 10 to 100 engineers.
Investors and boards
Technical diligence for acquisitions, board-level reviews, and advisory support for portfolio companies.
AI strategy
Where AI belongs in your roadmap, which bets to make, and which to ignore. Grounded in shipped production AI work.
Scope, listen, synthesise, execute
Scope the question
Week 1One paragraph of what the decision is and what a good answer looks like. Consulting without a question is theatre.
Listen and inspect
Week 1 to 2Team interviews, code walkthroughs, dashboards, docs. We read before we opine.
Synthesize
Week 2Findings, recommendations, and trade-offs. Written, defensible, and short enough to forward.
Implement or advise
OngoingWe stay on to execute, or hand off cleanly to your team. Either way, the advice is ownable.
Consulting questions
We are engineers and operators first. Every recommendation is one we would implement ourselves, and we often do.
Yes, at engagement start. Sensitive diligence and architectural reviews frequently require it.
Always. We consult with your leaders and engineers, not around them. Adoption depends on it.
We have opinions, but we do not get paid by anyone we recommend. Recommendations are justified against your goals.
Either with a written recommendation and a handoff, or with the same pod shipping the implementation. Your call.
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