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How to Hire Engineers — rethinking the technical interview process
April 11, 2026

How to Hire Engineers

Google's own research found zero correlation between interview scores and job performance. After hiring dozens of engineers across seven companies, here's what actually predicts success — and how to build a hiring process that finds the people who can do the job.

Leadership
Fractional CTO providing strategic direction across multiple organizations — startup, small business, and enterprise
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March 31, 2026

Why You Probably Don't Need a Full-Time CTO

The work I do now as a fractional CTO isn't new. But it's different from consulting in ways that matter — and the companies who need it most aren't always the ones you'd expect. From enterprise architecture at Hertz to helping a small business in DFW take market share from competitors with a 40-year head start.

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Architecture
Abstract visualization of high-throughput distributed system architecture with data flowing through cache layers and regional clusters
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March 24, 2026

The Architecture Behind a 6,000% Throughput Improvement at Hertz

Rates changed 10,000 times per second — too fast to cache. But the tens of thousands of rules that determined which rate applied didn't. Pre-filtering those rules upfront turned hundreds of DB calls into one Redis fetch and one targeted lookup. That's the architecture behind a 6,000% improvement at Hertz.

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AI coding swarm topology visualization showing interconnected agent nodes processing tickets autonomously
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March 19, 2026

I Built a 35-Agent AI Coding Swarm That Runs Overnight

I built a 35-agent AI coding swarm that processes 20-40 tickets overnight, turning them into PRs by morning. It runs on two machines in my house, guided by a 5-layer memory system that prevents repeat mistakes. This is the architecture, the catalogue of failures (like 124 duplicate PRs), and the lessons learned building an autonomous development team.

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Right-Sizing Your DevOps Stack - modern cloud infrastructure
March 5, 2026

Right-Sizing Your DevOps Stack

Most DevOps problems aren't about tools, they're about people. Stop over-engineering and start shipping with a right-sized stack. This CTO's guide offers practical advice on CI/CD, managed services, and automation that saves time instead of creating more work for your team.

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February 25, 2026

What Does a CTO Actually Do?

Hint: it's not picking databases. The CTO role is about translating between two worlds that don't speak the same language, protecting the people who do the work, and making decisions that neither side can make alone. Here's what it actually looks like from the inside.

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The Week I Stopped Coding: Orchestrating an Army of AI Agents - a human and AI robot collaborating at a futuristic workstation
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February 19, 2026

The Week I Stopped Coding: Orchestrating an Army of AI Agents

I've stopped coding, but not building. Orchestrating an army of AI agents now, I see how it echoes enterprise digital transformation and signals a profound evolution for technical leadership.

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