# ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook

The Startup CTO's Handbook, a book covering leadership, management and technical topics for leaders of software engineering teams

Repository: https://github.com/ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/startup-cto-handbook
Homepage: https://ctohb.com
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-07-30T22:03:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 33/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 34, release rhythm 8, longevity 75
- inputs: {"age_days": 1055, "days_push": 399, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14195, forks 805 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.426932+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: book, engineering-leadership, cto, management, open-source-book, markdown

## Member repositories
- ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook (main) score 33

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.426932+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 2026-08-29T17:12:44.198702+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.426932+00:00, sha b98026eecbaf)
  - homepage: https://ctohb.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:44.088583+00:00, sha e1f366931b38)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.