Christopher Grant

Helping leaders grow tech teams and deliver great software

CTO-level guidance to align your team, streamline delivery, and grow with confidence.

👋 Hey there

I'm a systems thinker and CTO whisperer who's spent years in the trenches of tech—from startup chaos to enterprise complexity.

I write about what actually works when building and scaling software teams, systems, and strategy—especially when you don't have time to screw around.

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The Art of Refactoring

The Art of Refactoring

Refactoring is not about making code perfect. It is about making code more honest.

Each refactoring session is an opportunity to align the code more closely with its true purpose.

Remove what is unnecessary. Clarify what is confusing. Simplify what is complex.

But know when to stop. Perfect code is an illusion—good enough code that serves its purpose is wisdom.

The master refactorer knows that the goal is not perfection, but clarity of intent.

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Technology and Impermanence

Technology and Impermanence

Every framework will become obsolete. Every language will fade. Every architecture will be replaced.

This is not a cause for despair—it is the natural order.

The zen technologist does not cling to tools. They cultivate principles that transcend any particular technology.

Learn deeply, but hold lightly.

The code you write today will be rewritten tomorrow. This is not failure—this is progress.

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Debugging as Meditation

Debugging as Meditation

When faced with a bug, the mind wants to rush toward solutions.

But the zen debugger sits quietly with the problem first.

They observe without judgment. They trace without assumption. They listen to what the code is actually saying, not what they think it should say.

In this patient observation, the bug reveals itself naturally.

The bug was never the enemy—it was a teacher, showing us where our understanding was incomplete.

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The Empty Function

The Empty Function

A function that does nothing perfectly is better than a function that does everything poorly.

Sometimes the most powerful code is the code we choose not to write.

Before adding complexity, ask: “What would happen if I did nothing here?”

Often, the answer reveals that the complexity was unnecessary.

The empty function teaches us that restraint is a form of wisdom.

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🛠 What I Do

Strategy

Align tech decisions with business goals

Systems

Build platforms that scale and perform

Teams

Grow engineering culture and capability

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