About Futureproof
I’m Colin Taylor. I help software teams build with AI and keep control of what they ship.
I use AI every day. It can do useful work and still confidently solve the wrong problem. Using it well means checking the result, questioning the assumptions and knowing when to step back. I help teams put that into practice: setting up coding agents, reviewing their output and integrating AI into existing products.
AI TRAPS describes some of the recurring failures I’ve encountered and what to do about them.
Experience
I’ve spent more than 25 years in software: first as a developer across several industries, then as a startup co-founder, VP of Development and CTO.
These days, through Colt Consulting, I work as a software coach and virtual CTO, helping teams with architecture, development practices and technical direction. Clients have included a Y Combinator unicorn and established businesses in network security and TV analytics.
I’ve been researching and building with AI since 2022.
The products
I build the Futureproof products with AI, working through the same problems I help client teams with. Click Dog, for example, grew out of running ClickHouse in production and wanting to see what queries were doing in the team’s existing monitoring tools.
Colt Consulting
Futureproof is a brand of Colt Consulting Ltd, based in New Zealand. Colt Consulting delivers the consulting offered here and also provides fractional CTO services, technical due diligence and developer training.
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