Your weekly CTO call should end with one decision written down. If it ends with a list of twelve things, nothing moves.
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What a CTO would tell you.
Short, plain and specific to founders who build with Lovable, Replit, Bolt or an agency. Every piece ends with a way to ask a human.
Tips
One idea each. Ask your CTO about any of them.When an investor asks about your stack, they are asking whether you can explain a decision. A written decision log answers for you.
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Tech debt is a loan with a rate. Taking it to learn what customers want is fine; taking it to avoid a conversation is not.
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Every API key pasted into a prompt can end up in the browser bundle. Search the built app for sk_ and AIza before launch.
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Hire for the next six months, not the next six years. A senior engineer for three months beats a junior for a year when the foundation is at stake.
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A quote with one line per feature and no line for testing is not a quote. Ask what happens when the first release breaks.
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Backups you have never restored are a hope, not a plan. Restore one into a scratch project once a quarter and time it.
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The domain, the hosting account and the app store listing go in your name, never a contractor's. You can always grant access; recovering it is another story.
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Row-level security is the difference between a product and a data leak. If nobody has read your Supabase policies, assume they are open.
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If your app lives only inside Lovable, Replit or Bolt, you do not own it yet. Export the code to a repository you control this week.
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A demo that works is not a product that works. The failure that costs you is the one that appears after the tenth feature, not the first.
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Before you pay an agency, ask who writes the code. If the answer is a subcontractor you have never met, you are buying a middleman.
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