GreatCTO Blog https://greatcto.systems/blog/ Agentic SDLC, compliance packs, real cost numbers. en-us Sun, 17 May 2026 14:46:07 GMT Real cost breakdown: 10 packs, $0.60 LLM bill, $42K saved per regulated feature https://greatcto.systems/blog/real-cost-breakdown-10-packs https://greatcto.systems/blog/real-cost-breakdown-10-packs Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Per-pack cost breakdown. $128K vs $287K MVP. Runway math: 21 months → 7 for a founder shipping into 10 regulated industries. Where savings stop. AI Compliance Cost ROI Claude Code Real cost breakdown: 10 packs, $0.60 LLM bill, $42K saved per regulated feature

Per-pack cost breakdown. $128K vs $287K MVP. Runway math: 21 months → 7 for a founder shipping into 10 regulated industries. Where savings stop.

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]]> What $1.4M of compliance work looks like in 14 hours – ten packs, ten regulated industries https://greatcto.systems/blog/ten-compliance-packs-for-ten-regulated-industries https://greatcto.systems/blog/ten-compliance-packs-for-ten-regulated-industries Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three days of code, six weeks of compliance — the same ratio at startup after startup. What I built instead of doing it by hand each time. AI Agents Compliance SDLC Claude Code What $1.4M of compliance work looks like in 14 hours – ten packs, ten regulated industries

Three days of code, six weeks of compliance — the same ratio at startup after startup. What I built instead of doing it by hand each time.

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]]> The MTTR -94% claim, with receipts https://greatcto.systems/blog/mttr-94-percent-receipts https://greatcto.systems/blog/mttr-94-percent-receipts Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 47 paired P0 incidents. Median MTTR drop 94.1%. 4 cases the memory-driven detection missed. Full methodology, no marketing math. AI Agents MTTR Operations Claude Code The MTTR -94% claim, with receipts

47 paired P0 incidents. Median MTTR drop 94.1%. 4 cases the memory-driven detection missed. Full methodology, no marketing math.

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]]> Three days of code, six weeks of compliance — the math behind why https://greatcto.systems/blog/three-days-of-code-six-weeks-of-compliance https://greatcto.systems/blog/three-days-of-code-six-weeks-of-compliance Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The mechanical 80% of compliance setup is what kills startup velocity. Breakdown of where the six weeks go, with hourly receipts. AI Compliance Startups Engineering Management Three days of code, six weeks of compliance — the math behind why

The mechanical 80% of compliance setup is what kills startup velocity. Breakdown of where the six weeks go, with hourly receipts.

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]]> How GreatCTO chooses which compliance pack to attach https://greatcto.systems/blog/how-greatcto-detects-archetype https://greatcto.systems/blog/how-greatcto-detects-archetype Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The detection logic for archetype + pack auto-attach. 12 false positives in 4 months, anti-greed heuristics, why an LLM in the loop made things worse. AI Agents Compliance Detection Claude Code How GreatCTO chooses which compliance pack to attach

The detection logic for archetype + pack auto-attach. 12 false positives in 4 months, anti-greed heuristics, why an LLM in the loop made things worse.

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]]> Why your agent system fails: missing gates, not missing intelligence https://greatcto.systems/blog/why-your-agent-system-fails https://greatcto.systems/blog/why-your-agent-system-fails Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Agentic coding failures trace to missing gates, not bad models. The 8-stage state machine + 2 human gates pattern, with cost numbers. AI Agents SDLC Compliance Claude Code Why your agent system fails: missing gates, not missing intelligence

Agentic coding failures trace to missing gates, not bad models. The 8-stage state machine + 2 human gates pattern, with cost numbers.

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]]> How I designed the SDLC state machine for agentic coding https://greatcto.systems/blog/sdlc-state-machine-design https://greatcto.systems/blog/sdlc-state-machine-design Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eight stages, two human gates, four memory layers. The full state machine for agentic coding, with the alternatives I rejected. AI Agents SDLC Architecture Claude Code How I designed the SDLC state machine for agentic coding

Eight stages, two human gates, four memory layers. The full state machine for agentic coding, with the alternatives I rejected.

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]]> First real shipped feature with this stack — receipts https://greatcto.systems/blog/first-shipped-feature-receipts https://greatcto.systems/blog/first-shipped-feature-receipts Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1h 26m from prompt to merged PR for a real fintech webhook handler. $1.42 in LLM spend across architect + pm + 2 senior-dev + 5 reviewers. The full trail with caveats. AI Agents SDLC Cost Claude Code First real shipped feature with this stack — receipts

1h 26m from prompt to merged PR for a real fintech webhook handler. $1.42 in LLM spend across architect + pm + 2 senior-dev + 5 reviewers. The full trail with caveats.

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