https://blueprintventures.dev/blog Practical articles on hiring a CTO, building a first product and running a small technical team, by Lee Benson. en Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/one-person-saas-ai-agents https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/one-person-saas-ai-agents Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson AI-first development How AI agents help one or two people build a SaaS business, what development takes today, and what $15,000 a month buys through Blueprint Ventures. https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/pitfalls-of-hiring-a-freelance-developer https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/pitfalls-of-hiring-a-freelance-developer Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson Hiring a CTO A low hourly rate can hide expensive gaps in judgment, quality and delivery. Here's what to look for before trusting a freelance developer with your product. https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/what-ai-first-development-actually-means https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/what-ai-first-development-actually-means Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson AI-first development AI has changed the cost of building software. Here's what AI-first means, why experience matters, and what to look for in the person building your product. https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/what-is-a-fractional-cto https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/what-is-a-fractional-cto Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson Hiring a CTO What a fractional CTO does, why founders hire one, and how I can stay involved after building your product, from new features to growth and an eventual exit. https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/why-csharp-dotnet-for-business-applications https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/why-csharp-dotnet-for-business-applications Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson Choosing technology Why I choose C# and .NET for SaaS, APIs and dashboards, with practical examples of EF Core, dependency injection, background jobs and performance. https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/why-some-applications-need-rust https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/why-some-applications-need-rust Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson Choosing technology Where Rust earns its place: small binaries, efficient services and compile-time checks, with lessons from my work on Vector and at Datadog. https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/cto-for-hire-vs-full-time-cto https://blueprintventures.dev/blog/cto-for-hire-vs-full-time-cto Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z Lee Benson Hiring a CTO Need someone to lead the technical side and build your product? Here's how working with a CTO for hire compares with hiring full-time or using an agency.