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ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook resource

The Startup CTO's Handbook, a book covering leadership, management and technical topics for leaders of software engineering teams observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook · homepage · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

33/100

  • Activity 34
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 75

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1055
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 399
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

14195 stars · 805 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

An open-source book, The Startup CTO's Handbook, covering leadership, management, and technical topics for leaders of software engineering teams. The latest content is maintained in markdown in this repository, with contributions accepted via issues and pull requests.

Use cases

  • learn how to become a startup CTO
  • engineering management best practices for new managers
  • how to scale a software engineering team
  • leadership advice for tech executives
  • free book on leading engineering teams
  • technical topics every CTO should know

When to choose

  • you are a new or aspiring CTO or engineering manager at a startup
  • you want free, community-contributed guidance on engineering leadership
  • you prefer reading content in markdown or contributing improvements via PRs

When to avoid

  • you need hands-on code, tools, or software rather than written guidance
  • you need a formally licensed, redistributable resource without attribution restrictions
  • you want deep technical tutorials on specific programming technologies

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

documentation developer-tools developer-tools tutorials education cross-platform book engineering-leadership cto management open-source-book markdown

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbookmain33

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook")

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