This is an Open Coffee for Fractionals session — part of my coaching practice.We started with Thomas Smith joining from his truck — peaceful, quiet, and ready to talk shop. That led straight into a deep dive on why shell scripts break developers’ brains, the difference between command languages and programming languages, and why determinism in infrastructure is mostly a myth.From there, Michael Payne walked through turning a dev contract into a local fractional CTO role, and the pros and cons of offering small-town IT services as a lead-in to higher-value fractional work.We got into: compliance by checkbox (and why nobody cares until a big client forces it) brittle automation and why error handling in Bash matters command language vs programming language in DevOps and infra deterministic builds, golden images, and why reality always drifts local business IT as lead-gen vs distraction Rotary Club networking as a fractional growth tactic AI as context engine and trust gap filler for non-technical clientsNo slides. No pitches. No agenda. Just honest conversation.📅 Recorded August 4, 2025🎙️ Hosted by David RaistrickJoin a future sessionExplore the For Fractionals community

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