Austin CTO Club

In June of 2025 the Austin CTO Club celebrates its one-year anniversary! That means it’s time to share how we got here and what we’ve learned. The Group That Wasn’t There A CTO occupies a lonely role. Perhaps not so much as CEO, but difficult nonetheless. And the scope is broad. …

Necessity and Luxury

Someone once asked me “What used to be a necessity that is now a luxury?” Some variations of this question make the rounds, such as “What used to be normal that is now a luxury?” And they get many responses, like wooden furniture, kids playing outside unsupervised, fixing your ow…

Which Way Will Models Go

The so-called foundation models grab all of the headlines at present. And small wonder. They progress at a dizzying pace. The major providers keep leapfrogging one another with new capabilities or improvements in speed, accuracy, and capacity. Where will this lead us over time? S…

Spontaneous Order, Lunchtime Edition

At a recent conference the organizers set up the food tables in a hallway. The layout was the familiar one: a long set of tables with access from both sides. The hallway was wide enough that two people could pass one another in opposite directions on each side, though not without…

MCP and Firecracker

Widespread adoption of MCP seems to be happening. There are already thousands of MCP servers available for download and easy incorporation into your local workflow. And there is no security mechanism in the protocol. What a perfect setup for security disaster! An MCP client runni…