I built an engineering organization from zero to 200+ people in Athens and helped grow the company to 700 worldwide. This hub collects what I learned — and how AI is rewriting the playbook for teams, CTOs, and the craft itself.
Start with these
- The 20x Team Manifesto — small, elite, AI-powered teams that outperform organizations ten times their size.
- Building Software with the Rule of Two — two humans plus an agent swarm.
- The Agent-Human OS — the org design layer of AI adoption.
- Balancing AI Tools and Human Talent — hiring and growing engineers in the AI era.
The CTO playbook
- The Role of a CTO in a Fast-Growing Startup · The Role of a CDO · CTO vs CDO
- The Engineering Hierarchy — career paths from tech lead to VP of Engineering.
- Fostering Psychological Safety — the #1 factor in team performance, made practical.
- Writing Code While Being a Manager · Why M&A and Not Just Hiring
The ORFIUM story: 5 → 700
- A Journey Begins: Orfium Early Days · Orfium’s Engineering Culture · Embarking on a QA Quest
- How Orfium Used Varnish Cache — an early scaling war story.
- The Evolution of Greece’s Tech Ecosystem — what building it taught the ecosystem.
The bigger picture
Leadership is stewardship of what teams aim at. My answer to “aim at what?” is The APILama Tech Manifesto: build technology that looks up, not down.
Related hubs: AI Strategy · The Agentic Web & MCP