99 Dev Problems with Neal Tovsen

In this episode, we sat down with Neal Tovsen, a seasoned fractional CTO who brings over two decades of enterprise and startup experience to the tech industry. After working at companies like GE and Siemens, Neal ventured into entrepreneurship before finding his passion in fractional CTO work, where he helps non-technical founders and coaches technical founders navigating the startup world. Throughout the conversation, Neal shared invaluable insights on technical leadership, discussing how development decisions need to align with business context and goals. He offered a fresh perspective on the perpetual challenge of balancing code quality with business needs, suggesting that developers should "change the definition of perfection to match the need at the time."

Neal also delved into the cultural aspects of different programming languages a ...