CTO / CTPO insights and field notes
I write about the decisions that shape Product & Engineering organizations over time: technical strategy, prioritization, leadership, execution quality, and scaling.
A field-based editorial perspective
These articles start from situations I have experienced in startups and scale-ups. The goal is not to offer universal recipes, but to make trade-offs, weak signals, and operating mechanisms easier to understand so leaders can decide more clearly and execute more sustainably.
- Technical strategy and growth trade-offs.
- Alignment between product, engineering, and business priorities.
- Team design, responsibilities, and decision paths.
- Leadership, transparency, and sustainable execution capability.
No article matches this topic.
I got back into coding — without really becoming a coder again
AI restored a direct execution capability I had gradually delegated as my CTO / CTPO role expanded.
At Bedrock, my daily use of AI goes far beyond code
In a transformation engagement, AI mostly helps me absorb information, prepare decisions, turn meetings into actions, and make data-quality problems visible.
Building Mama Flow with Lovable, ChatGPT, and Codex: speed, cost, and quality
Lovable helped me move extremely fast. To make that sustainable, I learned not to ask one tool to do everything and to distribute interface work, reasoning, code, and controls.
OKRs Don’t Create Autonomy. Management Does.
Ambitious goals are not enough. Teams need real decision rights to take ownership of how those goals are achieved.
Transparency and human-centered management in startups
Why trust, clarity, accountability, autonomy, and demanding communication strengthen sustainable execution in startups.
Leaving a site builder to regain control: how I rebuilt xavier-barry.fr with AI
When my Hostinger subscription was ending, I chose to rebuild rather than renew. It became a practical test of how far AI could bring me back into software delivery without returning to writing every line by hand.
Why technical strategy matters for startups and scale-ups
How clear technical strategy helps startups and scale-ups make trade-offs, manage technical debt, architecture, hiring, and product alignment.
Content designed to support decisions, not add noise
Future articles will explore the topics that recur most often in my work: Product & Engineering transformation, prioritization, technical debt, the CTO role, management during growth, and leadership coaching.