The October 2025 AWS Outage: What It Really Teaches Us
Cloud failures are inevitable. The real lesson is to design for resilience and recover fast.
Hello, I'm Abner!
Technology leader.
Builder of teams and systems.
I build and scale technology organizations from zero to impact. As CTO at Oka, I shaped the IT strategy, architecture, and culture driving business growth.
I write about technology, leadership, and innovation—helping professionals and organizations navigate the digital future with clarity.
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Buy vs. Build: Making Strategic Decisions in Tech
How to decide whether to build or buy software: practical frameworks, real cases, and lessons for CTOs, fintechs, and startups.
Building a Business-Aligned Technology Roadmap
Discover how to create a business-aligned technology roadmap that bridges strategy and execution. Learn how a technology roadmap can evolve with purpose.
Rethinking Remote Work in Tech: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward
Explore the challenges and opportunities of remote work in tech, and discover strategies to thrive in a remote-first future.
Build vs. Buy Software: A CTO's Strategy for Making Smart Decisions
Build vs. Buy: Weighing control vs. speed. A CTO’s guide to making strategic software decisions that drive efficiency and innovation.
Programming is Writing: How Software Development Resembles Creating a Novel as a Team
Discover why software development is like writing a novel as a team and how this metaphor helps to understand its complexities.