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Fractional CTO with TypeScript
Fractional CTO built on TypeScript, chosen where it genuinely fits, and swapped where it does not.
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Why TypeScript for this
A non-technical founder making architecture and hiring decisions alone is the most expensive gap in an early company. This role closes it without a full-time salary and equity.
TypeScript is strongest at one language across client and server, with types catching integration errors at build time. For fractional cto that matters because the failure modes of this kind of system tend to cluster exactly there.
The honest trade-off: the ML ecosystem is in Python, so heavy model work lives there. We say that up front because a stack chosen for fashion rather than fit becomes someone's migration project two years later. Integration comes before intelligence. A model that cannot reach your systems of record is a demo with good manners.
Six weeks to something running in production, not six quarters to a strategy document.
The honest assessment
- What it is
- Our default for application code, type safety across the full stack.
- Strongest at
- one language across client and server, with types catching integration errors at build time
- Trade-off
- the ML ecosystem is in Python, so heavy model work lives there
- Category
- framework
We are not a reseller for TypeScript and hold no commission on this choice. Where a different option fits your workload better, the recommendation will say so. That is the entire value of asking us.
What is included
- Architecture and technical debt assessment with a prioritised plan
- Engineering hiring, role definition, screening and interview design
- Vendor and platform selection with explicit criteria
- Delivery process and quality standards your team can sustain
- Board and investor technical reporting in plain language
- A handover plan for when you hire full-time
Questions
How much time do we get?
Typically one to three days a month, scaled to what is happening. Fundraising, a migration or a hiring push warrant more; steady state needs less.
Will you help us hire a permanent CTO?
Yes, and we consider it part of the job. Defining the role, screening and handing over cleanly is the intended end state.
Can you do technical due diligence?
Yes. Both sides. Assessing a target before acquisition, or preparing your own codebase for an investor's review.
Alternatives for fractional cto
Same capability, different stack. Each page states its own trade-off.
Building with TypeScript?
Bring us the workload and we will tell you whether this is the right stack for it.
Or email bd@dtrasglobal.com · call +91 74118 77878