01 Fractional CTO Sprint

Technical direction for founders who are building the product themselves.

A bounded sprint with Rheeshaalaen Sabapathy. You leave with the decisions, the architecture, and a sequenced build plan. Implementation or a part-time retainer starts only if you want it.

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01 Situation 06 Enquiry

The product is far enough along that the next technical choice costs.

  • The product or internal system is far enough along that stack, vendor, and AI choices now cost time and money.
  • The founder can describe the business result and needs someone who can judge the technical path.
  • A full-time CTO is the wrong hire at this stage.

A written pack. The product comes later, if you want it.

Working sessions produce a written pack. The product itself is built only if you choose a later engagement.

  1. 01

    Decisions

    What to build, what to buy, and what to stop, each with the reason.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    A target architecture for the next stage of the product or operation.

  3. 03

    Sequence

    A sequenced build plan, including who should do each part.

  4. 04

    Next

    A recommendation on what happens next: implement together, continue on a retainer, or take the plan and run it yourself.

Three ways to continue.

  1. 01 Implement the plan with Rheeshaalaen.
  2. 02 Continue on a part-time retainer for the decisions that follow.
  3. 03 Take the plan and run it with your own people.

Software and AI, shipped.

Cloud applications

Rheeshaalaen has built and deployed connected web applications on Cloudflare Workers, Pages, and D1, with Vite front ends and REST APIs.

A payment flow he shipped

TrailBlazer Empire’s QR-only payment flow uses Maybank Biz QR. Orders are stored in D1. The Worker checks amount and quantity. Payment status can remain pending while the customer submits a bank transaction reference. The build took about 18 hours. It is a QR-only gateway.

AI in the workflow

He integrates LLM services into software and development workflows, including Claude Code and Langflow.

Boundaries

  • The engagement is part-time technical direction, and later delivery, inside an agreed scope.
  • The founder remains the executive.
  • Team, budget, and board accountability sit outside this offer unless a later agreement includes them.
  • The page is an offer of work. It is not a record of a past CTO appointment.
  • Finance and capital advice are not this offer.
  • Engineering employment history is on the Professional page.

Leave with the decisions, the architecture, and a build plan.

Technical direction for founders who are building the product themselves. You leave with the decisions, the architecture, and a sequenced build plan.

Request a scoping conversation