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Most of what gets written about fractional CTOs is written to sell fractional CTOs. These pages are the version I’d give you on a call: what the thing costs, when it is the wrong answer, and what to do first if your software is currently on fire.

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The questions4 answers

Your developer disappeared

The person who built your software stopped answering. Here is what to do first, what you can recover without them, and what it costs to get control of your own systems back.

You inherited a codebase

You acquired, took over, or were handed software with no documentation and no original author. How to assess what you have, what is worth keeping, and whether to fix or replace it.

What a fractional CTO costs

Actual fractional CTO pricing: hourly and monthly rates, what changes the number, how it compares to a full-time hire or an agency, and when it is not worth it.

Fractional CTO, agency, or hire

Four ways to get software built and run — fractional CTO, development agency, full-time hire, or freelancers. What each is actually good at, and how to tell which one your situation needs.