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cto-advisor

CTO decisions: tech debt, architecture direction, scaling the engineering team, technology evaluation, DORA metrics. Use whenever the user asks whether to rewrite, how to grow the eng team or which tech to bet on.

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# CTO Advisor

Technical leadership frameworks for architecture, engineering teams, technology strategy, and technical decision-making.

## Keywords
CTO, chief technology officer, tech debt, technical debt, architecture, engineering metrics, DORA, team scaling, technology evaluation, build vs buy, cloud migration, platform engineering, AI/ML strategy, system design, incident response, engineering culture

## Quick Start

```bash
python scripts/tech_debt_analyzer.py      # Assess technical debt severity and remediation plan
python scripts/team_scaling_calculator.py  # Model engineering team growth and cost
```