The CTO Playbook for Agentic Systems
A 71-page operating manual for engineering leaders whose software has started to reason, decide, and write the software that carries out those decisions. Written by our CTO, Andrew Stevens.
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Strategy
The Regulatory Stack, Part 2: Why the Boardroom Should Be Funding the Verification Layer in 2026
10 minutes
The capital deployment decisions boards make this year will determine whether their autonomous AI systems are governable assets or …
OWASP Just Drew a New Map, Read It Before Your Auditors Do
9 minutes
The Foundation's new strategic plan is not a community update. It commits OWASP to setting the technical floor for AI security, …
The Mythos Ledger, Part 2: The Verification Crisis
19 minutes
AI-driven discovery has lowered the cost of finding bugs by an order of magnitude. The cost of proving which ones are actually exploitable …
The Mythos Ledger, Part 1: The Firefox Watershed and the New Baseline of Vulnerability
7 minutes
Claude Mythos surfaced 271 vulnerabilities in a single Firefox evaluation pass. The number isn't the story - the collapse in the cost of …
The Autonomous Horizon, Part 5: Adaptive Workflows and the Shift from Fixed Process to Responsive Execution
11 minutes
Intelligence, data, and control only create advantage when the process layer can keep up. Adaptive workflows are where autonomy becomes …
The Autonomous Horizon, Part 2: Agentic AI and the Shift from Automation to Execution
10 minutes
Agentic AI marks the shift from assistive tools to execution systems, but only when supported by trusted data, governance, and secure …
The Autonomous Horizon, Part 1: Beyond Digital Transformation
8 minutes
Digital transformation made the enterprise modern. The next step is building one that can sense, decide, and act with speed, precision, and …
AI in Financial Services: How to Stay Ahead of the 2025 AI Revolution
5 minutes
AI is transforming financial services in 2025. Learn how multimodal AI, fraud detection, AI-driven customer experience, and Google Cloud …
My reflections on the 2024 DORA Report
5 minutes
My key insights from the 2024 DORA Report, focusing on the evolution of AI integration, platform engineering, and developer experience.
Transforming Data into Insights: Building an AI-First Cloud Strategy
6 minutes
How to build an AI-first cloud strategy, integrating scalable architectures, data governance, and machine learning for actionable insights.
Demystifying Data Mesh
10 minutes
Understand Data Mesh principles, tools, and best practices for implementing a decentralized data architecture. Learn when and how to apply …
Embracing Best Practices for Efficient CI/CD Pipelines with GitLab
6 minutes
Discover how to optimize your CI/CD pipeline using GitLab with our comprehensive guide on best practices for efficient and streamlined …