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CTOs & Architects ~60–90 pages

The CTO's Guide to AI Developer Tooling

Portfolio Decisions, Vendor Risk, and the Build-vs-Buy Question for AI-Assisted Development

Free Ebook EPUB + Markdown By David Kelly Price

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About This Ebook

CTOs, VPEs, and senior engineering leaders making tooling decisions for organizations of 50+ engineers — past the experimentation phase, making bets that affect the whole org

What you'll learn:

  • The AI Tooling Landscape Right Now
  • What Your Engineers Are Already Using
  • The Hidden Costs of Fragmented Tooling
  • Context and Memory: The Actual Differentiation
  • Security, Compliance, and Code Exposure
  • Build vs. Buy vs. Embed
  • Vendor Evaluation and Lock-in Risk
  • Measuring Productivity Impact
  • Making the Decision and Driving Adoption

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