Insights

Investing in business where custom software development is material to the success of the organisation brings a particular set of risks. Getting clear advice at the right stage that helps quantify and strategise these risks can materially perserve the value on an investment.

CTO Labs Principal Technologist Roger Almeida delves into the developer productivity debate and asks how non-technical leaders can best become collaborators in the intricacies of software engineering.

The "B-Sides" feat. CTO Labs Joshua Hinton - are a new series where we go under the covers of recent work in Tech M&A. Here's our first Episode.

Tools like Anti-Corruption Layers (ACLs) are helping leaders ensure effective communication within tech systems. This article by CTO Labs Senior Developer Muhammad Amir explores benefits and things to consider in using them effectively.

Amazon Prime decided to dump their serverless, microservices architecture and replace it with a monolith instead. But a good versus evil standoff misses nuanced opportunity under the hood.

Deconstructing monoliths is 'the new black'. Here's some insights from Gavin Allan on using lesser known Tactical Forking as part of a larger effort. Download to read what, why, how, and the benefits it delivered, with some key things to consider.

As AI technology advances at pace it's important that tech leadership keep a good eye on both opportunity and risk, and evolve approaches to meet both. Here's my take including 3 priorities for CTO's right now.

Interested in exploring how good Acceptance Criteria drives Test Driven Development? In this extract from a recent presentation, Kelly shares experience-led insights and recommendations.

Looking to understand how performance affects valuation in M&A tech? We unpack technical debt - the hidden HECs style tech debt - in this article by Josh Hinton.

Looking to understand how tech performance affects valuation in M&A? We unpack velocity or tech meets compound interest in this article by Josh Hinton.

In this piece I'll introduce you to a system bottleneck we affectionately call 'Tony'. At times the most resistant to change and difficult to diagnose .. but also can be the most deeply impactful if you get it right.

In the rapidly changing world of DevOps how do you know you are measuring the right thing? CTO Labs offers a fresh take on DevOps measurement in this article by CTO Mike Mengell.

Website costs starting to hurt? Website code changes too slow? Been hacked again? Here Gavin Allan talks through the tech story under our new website.