A Podcast · Hosted by Himanshu Saxena
THE DIARY
OF A CTO.
Long-form, unfiltered conversations with the engineering leaders shaping how software actually gets built.
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#21
How CEOs and CTOs Can Align on Reporting & Decision-Making
with Shailesh Hegde — CEO, Hubilo
Shailesh pulls back the curtain on one of the most friction-prone relationships in any startup: the CEO and CTO trying to operate in sync. He covers how misaligned reporting structures create confusion at the leadership level, why honesty and clarity beat consensus, and how to broker the customer-vs-innovation tradeoff without breaking team morale.
The Archive
Every Episode.
Cost Capitalisation and Platform Engineering
DORA Metrics Secrets Every Engineering Leader Should Know
Gaming Engineering: Speed, Quality, and Scale Explained
How a QA Became an Engineering Leader
How Engineering Leaders Manage Between Urgent and Important
How to Create High-Performing & Self-Organising Engineering Teams
Align, Build, Capitalise — Cost Capitalisation and Engineering Management
Boost Team Productivity Without Increasing Headcount
Engineering Long-Term Productivity
Building Trust in Engineering Teams
Team Health and Tech Leadership
AI and Career Growth — An Insider's View
Ag-Tech Engineering — Game Dev, Leadership & AI
Building 10x Engineering Teams
How Can Engineering Get a Seat at the Business Table?
Engineering Management & Culture Beyond the ZIRP Era
From Mining Engineer to CTO — Scaling Teams 10x and Betting on AI Early
What AI Actually Changes About Engineering Leadership
From Silicon Valley to India — What the Move Teaches About AI and Engineering Leadership
Why Fintech Engineering Fails Without Domain Expertise
Newsletter
Diary of a CTO — In Writing.
Weekly notes on engineering leadership, AI, and platform strategy. Read by 600+ CTOs and heads of engineering across the top global orgs.
- SecurityThe Composio Breach Exposed the Hole SOC 2 Was Never Built to SeeRead on Substack
- Engineering CultureThe Best Engineering Teams Don't Document. They Build Systems That Remember.Read on LinkedIn
- AI & DevOpsDevOps Abstractions Exist Because Humans Need Them. Agents Do Not.Read on LinkedIn
- InfrastructureYour DevOps Stack Was Built for Google, Not for YouRead on LinkedIn
- CareerI talked to a CTO who built a profitable startup, shut it down, and went back to being an IC.Read on LinkedIn
In the Press
On Air. In Print.
Times Now · On AirWill AI Take Away Your Job? Is an 'AI Takeover' Inevitable?
Panelist on Times Now discussing Ford, IBM and CBA reversing hiring decisions — and what the AI shift really means for engineering jobs.
Zee News · On AirAI Commentator — Zee News
Featured as an AI commentator on one of India's largest news networks.