Fractional CTO

AWS bills creep. A proof-of-concept that became production, an oversized instance nobody resized, a dev environment running 24/7 - it adds up quietly until someone finally asks “why are we paying this much?” The good news: most AWS overspend comes from a short list of fixable causes. Here’s how to reduce your AWS bill, roughly in order of effort-to-savings ratio. Want a senior set of eyes on your account? Book a free call or grab the free AWS checklist. ...

If you’re a founder weighing whether to bring in a fractional CTO, the first question is usually blunt: what does this actually cost, and is it worth it versus just hiring someone? Here’s an honest breakdown. Prefer to talk specifics for your situation? Book a free call or start with the free AWS security checklist. The real cost of a full-time CTO Before comparing, be honest about the alternative. A full-time CTO in the US isn’t just their salary. The fully loaded cost includes: ...

Most AWS accounts don’t get breached because of some exotic zero-day. They get breached - or hit with a surprise bill - because of boring, fixable misconfigurations that nobody owned: a public S3 bucket, a long-lived access key, a security group open to 0.0.0.0/0, CloudTrail that was never turned on. This is the checklist I actually run when I audit a client’s AWS account. Work through it honestly. Every box you can’t tick is a risk, a surprise bill, or a 2 a.m. incident waiting to happen. Most teams can get through it in an afternoon. ...