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Architecture decisions a staff+ engineer would defend.
Build vs buy, monolith vs microservices, platform-team formation, tech-debt prioritisation, hiring strategy — FORTE/CYBERx runs the trade-off through a 7-advisor council and synthesises three options with execution feasibility scored.
DECISIONS WE HELP WITH
Decisions sized for engineering leaders.
Pick a starting point — or describe your own challenge in your words. FORTE/CYBERx produces three strategic options with execution feasibility scored against your risk appetite.
Build vs buy — internal platform vs SaaS
Total-cost, control and velocity trade-off, three options.
Monolith → microservices (or not)
Strangler vs rewrite vs stay; risk-adjusted recommendation.
Platform team formation business case
Sequence the team, scope, charter and first 3 wins.
Tech-debt remediation prioritisation
Rank by velocity drag, risk and customer impact.
Engineering hiring strategy — IC vs lead-heavy
Optimise for delivery speed and resilience.
Database choice — Postgres vs DynamoDB vs hybrid
Three options with operational cost and team-fit framing.
Frontend framework consolidation
Migrate, freeze, or co-exist — sequenced across product squads.
Open-source dependency strategy
Risk, supply-chain and licensing position with mitigation plan.
TRY IT NOW
Stop debating. Start deciding.
Bring one real decision you're stuck on. The council returns three strategic options in under 60 seconds.
HOW THE COUNCIL ADAPTS TO YOUR ROLE
The 7-advisor council, calibrated for you.
Every advisor detects the role signal in your challenge and adapts language and examples — without losing the rigour of their underlying framework.
Technology Expert
Architectural rigour, supply-chain and AI/ML system framing.
Risk Strategist
Operational-resilience and director-defensibility lens.
Business Advisor
NPV-style framing for engineering investment.
People & Culture
Capability, capacity and Just-Culture framing for the team.
Compliance Navigator
Where the architecture meets ISO 27001/42001 obligations.
QUESTIONS
FAQ
I am a Tech Lead, not a CTO. Is this still useful?
Yes — the council adapts language to your role. For a Tech Lead it talks in deployment cadence, cycle time, incident rate and team-shape; for a CTO it elevates to board-language and capital allocation.
Will it understand my codebase?
FORTE/CYBERx does not read your code. It reasons over the trade-off you describe — describe the system, the constraints and the desired outcome, and it returns three defensible options.
OTHER ROLES
FORTE/CYBERx across the technology profession.
Run your first mission free.
Two free missions. No credit card. Average mission resolves in under 60 seconds.