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The Serious CTO

@TheSeriousCTO

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Ex CTO. 25 years of code, chaos & coffee. Teaching devs what I wish someone taught me. Discord’s open. 👇

Brownsburg-Chatham, Québec
Joined November 2008
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@TheSeriousCTO
The Serious CTO
13 days
I’ve debugged more than just code. 25 yrs in tech. Built teams. Burned out. Now I teach devs what I wish I knew:.→ Lead without burnout.→ Think like a CTO.→ Build code and a career.Join the Discord → Or stick around for dev truth & dad jokes. #JoinNow.
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The Serious CTO
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If AI wrote 90% of your app….Would you still know how to fix it when it breaks?.#aicode.
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The Serious CTO
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Ai writes clean code. But,you still have to explain why it broke at 3 am. #devlife #aiintheloop #theseriouscto.
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The Serious CTO
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You can write the best code in the world. If it solves the wrong problem, it’s useless. #SoftwareEngineering #TechTruths #CTOinsight.
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The Serious CTO
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Clean code is great. Clear communication is better. #SoftwareEngineering #LeadDev #TheSeriousCTO.
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The Serious CTO
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You won’t get promoted for writing perfect code. You’ll get promoted for making the team better. #Tech #cleancode #ctoinsight #theseriouscto #TechTrends.
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The Serious CTO
5 days
Writing for CPUs is easy. Writing for the human fixing it at 2AM during an outage? .That’s a skill.
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The Serious CTO
6 days
If you can’t explain what your function does in one sentence… .You wrote an essay, not a tool.
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The Serious CTO
7 days
You shipped it fast. CI passed. Now the code’s back like an ex with your Netflix login. Let's talk maintainability.
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The Serious CTO
9 days
Use case diagrams aren’t deliverables. The conversation is. The diagram is just bait —.a trap to surface assumptions.before they hit staging. Does your team talk… or pretend to align?. 🎥 #TechLeadership #SoftwareDev #DiagramHell.
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The Serious CTO
10 days
Use case diagrams should answer one thing:. “What does the user actually want?”. Not “what screen are they on”.Not “what button they clicked”.Not “how the backend works”. Just: what’s their damn goal?. 🎥 #UserGoals #DevTips #TheSeriousCTO.
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The Serious CTO
11 days
Real quote from a product owner:. “What if someone wants to split a payment between two credit cards?”. One question. Two weeks of new requirements. Six new test cases. And a diagram that never saw it coming. 🎥 #SoftwareDesign #FeatureCreep #DevStories.
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@TheSeriousCTO
The Serious CTO
12 days
How do you know your diagram is bad?. When everyone in the room nods….but nobody can answer:. “What exactly is this actor trying to achieve?”. Been there. Cried during testing. 🎥 #DevLife #SystemsThinking #UseCaseDiagrams.
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@TheSeriousCTO
The Serious CTO
13 days
Is this an ancient cave drawing?. Should we call an archaeologist?. Or is it just the most unhelpful use case diagram ever committed to a whiteboard?. I’ve seen real teams ship this kind of disaster. 🎥 #DevHumor #CleanArchitecture #CTOThoughts.
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The Serious CTO
14 days
🚨 Just scheduled. I found a diagram that caused 2 weeks of dev hell, 6 bad decisions, and one existential crisis. It’s technically a use case diagram. But it also might be a crime scene. 🎥 in 15 min:.#DevLife #SoftwareDesign #UseCaseDiagrams.
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The Serious CTO
16 days
If you missed it, now’s the time to catch up. This week’s video breaks down a subtle dev mistake that everyone thinks is fine… until your project starts bleeding velocity. 🎥 #DevCareer #CodeQuality #FridayFocus.
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The Serious CTO
17 days
The scariest bugs aren’t caused by bad code. They’re caused by good code built on bad architecture. In this video, I walk through a real-world example that looks clean… but sets you up for failure. 🎥 #TechDebt #SoftwareDesign.
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The Serious CTO
18 days
You ever inherit a codebase and instantly feel your soul leave your body?. Yeah. There’s a reason that keeps happening. This week’s video breaks down a silent architectural mistake that ruins teams and projects alike. 🎥 #DevHumor #CleanCode.
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The Serious CTO
19 days
Most devs ask:.“What should I build next?”. CTOs ask:.“Why are we building this?”. The difference isn’t code. It’s how you think. #tech #developer #cto #careergrowth #buildinpublic #softwaredeveloper #theseriouscto
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The Serious CTO
19 days
“Looks fine to me.”.Famous last words before your codebase becomes a maintenance trap. This week’s video breaks down a common pattern devs think is harmless — until it quietly wrecks testability and scaling. 🎥 #SoftwareEngineering #CodeSmell.
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