Delivery
On the route to delivering and realising value, the aim is to reduce the number of twists and turns in the software development pipework and improve flow. In this blog post, I’ll share some insights into practices and processes that reduce flow and what you can do to improve flow. It’s important to point out this is purposefully methodology-agnostic; I want to get beyond the rituals and practices of the different approaches and focus instead on the underlying best practices.
People
Pride Month is both a joyful celebration and a powerful protest — a moment to honour how far we’ve come, and to spotlight how far we still have to go. But every year, as the corporate logos change their colours and the parades grow ever larger, the same question resurfaces: Do we still need Pride? The answer is a resounding yes. In this post, I explain why.
Data Engineering
In this post, I explore what a Data Lakehouse is, how it works, and whether it delivers on its promises—covering core features, formats, real-world patterns, and platform realities.
Tech
We’ve been working with a market-leading energy trading firm that’s taking first-mover advantage in the energy sector by adopting a desktop interoperability platform. In this blog post, I’ll provide an overview of how they work, outline the main benefits they deliver, and flag some trade-offs to bear in mind.
Podcast
In this episode, I dive into the world of Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) with Tom Fairbairn from Solace and Scott Logic’s Gordon Campbell. The discussion explores whether EDA has matured beyond the hype into a practical strategy for modern systems integration, or if it’s just another architectural buzzword.
Artificial Intelligence
From our experiences and chats with clients on deploying AI, we can perhaps identify what looks like a spectrum of architectural approaches for enterprise AI deployment. In this post, I explore this spectrum with the goal of helping you consider where your organisation is today and where it might best position itself.
Delivery
The public sector faces growing challenges — tight budgets, rapid tech change, rising expectations, and staff shortages — often leading to decision paralysis or rushed mistakes. Many agencies found a solution by partnering with private consultancies to provide agile and robust solutions. True success relies on combining public sector knowledge with private sector expertise, showing that collaboration is key to stronger, more resilient communities.
Tech
We have been helping a client migrate their trading platform to a new version of a third-party API. The migration is more interesting than usual for a number of reasons, so I thought it might be useful to share some insights from our experience.
Artificial Intelligence
Large Language Models are powerful tools that can greatly enhance software developers' productivity, but for junior developers starting a career in tech, they may hinder long-term growth by abstracting away essential programming fundamentals.
People
The bench is a key part of the project-based nature of consulting and managing time on bench effectively is a key skill for consultants. Here are some things every consultant should reflect on between engagements.
Testing
Features or Foundations. Where do you start. What are the pros and cons of building fast or building the blocks to build on.
Artificial Intelligence
Despite the UK being the world's third-largest AI industry, only 1 in 6 UK firms are actively using AI due to financial, skills, and risk concerns, but businesses can bridge this "valley of doubt" by adopting measured "AI in the loop" approaches with human oversight, right-sized models, and government frameworks like Bridge AI to minimise business, societal, and environmental risks.
Sustainability
In this post I'll discuss ways of estimating the emissions caused by your Cloud workloads as a first step towards reaching your organisation's Net Zero goals.
Tech
We’ve been generating Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) on client projects for several years now, and we’d like to share insights into the positive impact they’ve had on security, resilience and engineering quality, along with some considerations to bear in mind when working with SBOMs for the first time.
Artificial Intelligence
As the capabilities and accessibility of AI continue to advance—including more sophisticated reasoning capabilities and agentic deployment—several questions and risk areas emerge that really deserve our attention.
Podcast
In this episode, I'm joined by Scott Logic’s Sophia Ashley and Alix Dunn from the ‘Computer Says Maybe’ podcast for a wide-ranging discussion which poses ethical questions that are frequently ignored in the race for technological innovation.
Artificial Intelligence
Adopting AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT is a challenging yet rewarding journey that requires time, experimentation, and a shift in how developers approach their workflows. This post explores why these tools are hard to learn, how they disrupt traditional flow states, and offers practical advice for integrating them effectively into day-to-day coding.
Tech
In this post we will see how Thunks and Trampolines can help solve problems by converting deep stack-based recursion into heap-based iteration helping to prevent StackOverflowErrors
Tech
A brief introduction to Architecture with a straightforward definition of what it is, and different flavours of Architecture that you may encounter