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blogcto
05-Feb-2026

Sprint Planning Without 3-Hour Meetings

AI-generated dev plans with file-level tasks based on actual codebase architecture. How to cut sprint planning overhead by 50%.

Fatima Zahra Ghaddar
case_studyexecutive
05-Feb-2026

M&A Tech Due Diligence in 3 Days, Not 3 Months

How automated feature discovery and competitive gap analysis accelerate M&A technical evaluation from months to days.

Fatima Zahra Ghaddar
blogcto
04-Feb-2026

AI Development Productivity Tips: Avoid the 73% Failure Rate

Most AI tool adoptions fail to deliver ROI. Here are the productivity patterns that actually work for engineering teams.

Fatima Zahra Ghaddar
blogcto
03-Feb-2026

Code Ownership at Scale: Who Knows What in Your Codebase

CODEOWNERS files are always stale. Git history tells the truth about who actually maintains, reviews, and understands each part of your codebase.

Tariro Mukandi
blogcto
02-Feb-2026

What Engineering Leaders Get Wrong About AI Tool Adoption

Most teams measure AI tool success by adoption rate. The right metric is whether hard tickets get easier. Here's the framework that works.

Fatima Zahra Ghaddar
blogcto
30-Jan-2026

Why Engineering Velocity Metrics Are Misleading

Story points, lines of code, and PR count don't measure what matters. Here's what to track instead.

Vivian M. Otieno
blogcto
29-Jan-2026

How AI Is Changing Technical Interviews (And Why It Should)

LeetCode doesn't predict job performance. Codebase navigation and system understanding do. How interviews should evolve for the AI era.

Fatima Zahra Ghaddar
guideexecutive
28-Jan-2026

The CTO's Guide to AI Tool ROI

A framework for measuring actual return on AI coding tool investments. Spoiler: adoption rate is the wrong metric.

Vivian M. Otieno
guidecto
27-Jan-2026

How to Conduct an AI Readiness Assessment for Your Engineering Team

Before buying AI tools, understand where your team will actually benefit. A practical framework for assessing AI readiness.

Vivian M. Otieno
blogcto
26-Jan-2026

What Happens When Your Best Engineer Leaves

Knowledge concentration is a ticking time bomb. When a key engineer leaves, the blast radius extends far beyond their code.

Fatima Zahra Ghaddar
blogcto
24-Jan-2026

How Engineering Teams Should Prepare for AI-Native Development

AI-native development isn't about using more AI tools. It's about restructuring workflows around AI strengths and human judgment.

Vivian M. Otieno