The agency trap after the MVP
You shipped with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, or a build shop. Users arrived. Auth, billing, and uptime became the job. Buying more tickets does not create a technical co-founder.
What fractional CTO ownership looks like
Algonix offers this alongside London SMB automation. Same studio, different path: /fractional-cto for product founders.
- Someone senior owns the technical decisions
- Weekly shipping without a full engineering org
- Monitoring and fixes before customers notice
- One short weekly call in plain English
How to choose
Choose an agency when scope is clear and you already have strong technical direction. Choose a fractional CTO when the product is live, you are the on-call, and you need judgement more than velocity theatre.