Engineering Notes &
Architecture Documents
System designs, scenario analyses, and leadership artifacts — built in the open.
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Optimus / idfc-coder — AI Coding Platform
Architecture, CTO scenario testing, and codebase-context deep dive for the self-hosted AI coding assistant.
3 docs
Optimus / idfc-coder — AI Coding Platform
Architecture, CTO scenario testing, and codebase-context deep dive for the self-hosted AI coding assistant.
Self-Hosted AI Code Generation Platform
End-to-end architecture for deploying a self-hosted AI coding assistant across a 10,000-person fintech organisation — LLM selection, AWS infra, Jira integration, and production runbook.
Optimus AI Platform — CTO Pressure Test
21 deep scenario questions covering catastrophic failures, edge cases, organisational dynamics, technical deep-dives, strategic trade-offs, and future-proofing.
How idfc-coder Sees the Codebase — The Role of Helium
How idfc-coder builds its understanding of the codebase for a Jira ticket — and how database documentation reaches the LLM via the Helium context layer.
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IIM CTO Course
Strategy & Technology and Finance-for-CTOs tracks — plain-language notes with a diagram for every idea.
11 docs
IIM CTO Course
Strategy & Technology and Finance-for-CTOs tracks — plain-language notes with a diagram for every idea.
Strategy & Technology
Deconstructing the Modern CTO Role
Why a mindset beats a framework, the two languages every CTO must speak, the four archetypes, and five hard case studies.
The Strategist's Playbook
How to read a business case like a consultant — diagnosing problems, recommending solutions, and building analytical muscle.
IT, Value & The VRIO Code
Can technology actually give you a lasting competitive edge? MIS, VRIO, and strategic IT alignment explained simply.
Classify, Govern & Transform
How to size up a technology before it reshapes the organization, decide build vs. buy, and read 50 years of hype cycles.
The Internet of Things — Strategic Playbook
Edge computing, distributed architectures, and the five management decisions every CTO must own in an IoT deployment.
Finance for CTOs
Money 101 & The Balance Sheet
Real vs. financial assets, the three decisions every CFO makes, and how to read a balance sheet.
The CapEx vs. OpEx Playbook
Cloud vs. data center, build vs. lease, buy vs. robot-as-a-service — worked through six real scenarios.
Working Capital & Opportunity Cost
Why "cash is king" beats profit every time, and ten scenarios where a CTO's best idea loses to an empty cash drawer.
The Capital Budgeting Toolkit
Shareholder wealth, agency theory, and the six tools — NPV, IRR, XIRR, PI, Payback — that decide if a project lives or dies.
Sensitivity, Scenario & Risk Analysis
How to build best/base/worst case worlds, measure risk with real numbers, and know exactly how deep a CTO needs to go.
The CFO-CTO Playbook
The STEM model for CTO excellence, cost of capital as opportunity cost, and ten boardroom-grade battle scenarios.