I'm building Frame. I'm not for hire.
CTO_AT_FRAME / NO_ENGAGEMENTS / THE_THINKING_IS_STILL_FREE
CTO at Frame, building settlement infrastructure for tokenised money. Before that, VP Engineering at Blockdaemon, reporting straight to the CEO: zero to unicorn, 10 to 187 engineers, infrastructure moving billions. I still know what breaks at 2am. These days it pages me, not a client.
The Honest Position
This page used to sell consulting: fixes shipped in weeks, fixed scope, the gnarly one-off nobody else would touch. That offer is parked. A full-time CTO seat leaves no hours to sell, and you deserve better than a consultant with a day job.
The thinking those engagements ran on has not gone anywhere. It ships every week, in public, and most of it is free.
Read the Writing
Every article applies the discipline the engagements did: real numbers, named mechanisms, the cost nobody priced. Attrition at $331K a departure. The code review tax. The distributed system a laptop outruns.
Buy the Book
Engineering Economics: eight chapters on the decisions that quietly cost seven figures, with eight spreadsheet calculators to run your own numbers. Readers shelve it next to Code Complete. That was their comparison, not mine.
Join the Waitlist
When engagements reopen, this list hears before this page changes. Until then you get each article as it publishes: no more than a few a month, unsubscribe in one click, and joining commits you to nothing.
Track Record
What Clients Said
"Saved us $500K and shipped in 3 weeks. Worth every penny."
— CTO, Series B SaaS
"Finally, someone who just does the work."
— VP Engineering, 50-person startup
"Came in for one project, stayed for three. That says it all."
— Founder, YC W23
If It Cannot Wait
Email what's stuck and what you've tried. I'll read it, and if I know the right person for it, I'll introduce you.
That costs you nothing and me one email.
No engagements. Introductions are free.