The Monolith Decision
You're the incoming CTO of FinScale, a Series B fintech processing $2M in daily transactions. The monolith is cracking under 10x growth pressure. You have a weekend to choose a strategy.
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You're the new CTO of a mid-stage startup with a 500K-line monolith. Revenue is growing 3x YoY, but deployments take 4 hours and the on-call team is burning out. It's time to make some hard decisions.
A systematic approach to evaluating and choosing technology stacks. Includes comparison matrices, risk assessments, and decision frameworks for databases, languages, frameworks, and infrastructure.
A systematic approach to making high-stakes technical decisions that balance speed, cost, and long-term maintainability. Includes decision matrices, evaluation templates, and real-world examples.
A systematic framework for reviewing architecture proposals that balances speed with rigor. Includes review criteria, decision templates, and governance models for teams of all sizes.
A structured vendor evaluation template with scoring criteria, comparison matrices, and selection recommendations for technology decisions.
A structured framework for evaluating build vs buy decisions with cost analysis, risk assessment, and strategic fit criteria.
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