Tools
Focused tools for founders and engineering leaders.
Small, focused tools drawn from the same operator experience as the writing and
built to give you a real number for a real decision, not a sales pitch.
Available tools
vCISO Cost Calculator
Staffing & cost recommendation in four questions
Answer four questions about your stage and team. Get a staffing recommendation, an hours band, and a monthly cost range for security leadership: fractional vCISO vs full-time CISO.
Open vCISO Cost Calculator →
Fractional CTO Cost Calculator
Which engagement you need, and what it costs
Four questions about your team and what's driving the ask. Get the engagement that fits (fractional CTO retainer, AI implementation, embedded delivery, or a one-time assessment) with the cost and the honest case for hiring instead.
Open Fractional CTO Cost Calculator →
Distribution Audit
A free skill that grades what happens after you publish
Point your coding agent at your blog. It checks which posts were ever promoted, which pages get search impressions and no clicks, where a reader can subscribe, and whether your offer is one click away. Then it names up to five fixes, each tied to evidence it actually opened.
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Security Control Triage
Which controls you owe, and which you can skip
Sort sixteen security controls against your team size. See which are gaps to close now, which are safe to skip until you're bigger, and which you're running ahead of your stage.
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Tell me what you're building.
These tools size the problem. If you want help actually solving it (fractional
security leadership, SOC 2, AI product delivery), let's talk.
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