# kuchin/awesome-cto

A curated and opinionated list of resources for Chief Technology Officers, with the emphasis on startups

Repository: https://github.com/kuchin/awesome-cto
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-cto
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cto, software-engineering, management, architecture, startups, awesome, awesome-list, interviewing, roadmap, engineering-management, leadership, hiring, decision-making, principles
Last push: 2026-03-02T12:50:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3547, "days_push": 184, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 35373, forks 2191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.805780+00:00)

## What it is
A curated, opinionated list of resources for Chief Technology Officers and VP R&D, focused on startups and hyper-growth companies. It collects articles, books, and links covering the CTO role, hiring, people and project management, architecture, and startup operations.

## Use cases
- find resources on becoming a first-time CTO at a startup
- learn engineering management and hiring best practices
- prepare for a CTO or VP Engineering role interview
- build an engineering handbook and development process
- understand CTO vs VP Engineering responsibilities
- get guidance on architecture and technology decisions as a startup scales

## When to choose
- you are a new or aspiring CTO, VP R&D, or engineering leader at a startup
- you want a curated reading list on leadership, hiring, and engineering management
- you need reference material for scaling an engineering organization

## When to avoid
- you need software tools or code libraries rather than articles and reading material
- you want enterprise-level IT management resources rather than startup-focused content
- you need a structured course or tutorial rather than a link collection

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, awesome-lists, hr
- platform: -
- tags: cto, engineering-management, leadership, startups, hiring, curated-list, management, web-server

## Member repositories
- kuchin/awesome-cto (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.805780+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:26:57.959392+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kuchin/awesome-cto (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.805780+00:00, sha 5e46ddac7711)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.