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What a fractional CTO covers, how to compare a UK engagement proposal, and the responsibilities and time allocation that determine the cost.

The handover is done and the repository is yours. What happens in the next 30 days determines whether the application becomes calmer to run, or quietly drifts back towards the problems that prompted the change.

At Rails World 2026, DHH announced that HEY is being rebuilt as native apps with a Rust backend written by AI agents — with striking efficiency claims. Before your board asks whether you should do the same, it is worth understanding why it can work for 37signals, and why the same bet fails for most businesses.

We built Retro for our own team and are opening it up to others. It brings reflections, priorities and owned actions into one shared retrospective board.

Compare five Rails agencies through the responsibilities your business needs covered: application continuity, development capacity, technical decisions and ongoing support.

Assess one business process before funding an AI project. Establish the baseline, usable evidence, review effort and conditions for proceeding or stopping.

A practical handover guide for directors and technical leads: establish access, deployment, recovery and ownership before responsibility changes hands.

Choose the technical leadership your business needs by looking at the decisions, responsibilities and day-to-day work that are currently falling between people.

We built Watchkeeper, an AI agent that reviews server security evidence, emails the team when something needs attention, and sends monthly audit summaries for ISO 27001.