We write up what we learn building software and advising UK companies on adopting AI safely.
11 August 2026
10 min read
Destination charges fit most marketplaces and the platform pays the Stripe fee. Separate charges and transfers buy flexibility, and a ledger you now own.
engineering
4 August 2026
10 min read
Findings that stall a raise are rarely about ugly code. Seven recurring red flags, when each surfaces in diligence, and what each costs before and after.
industry
28 July 2026
7 min read
UK SME AI adoption is reported anywhere from 6% to 81% because surveys measure different things. The unrealised value sits in depth, not the headline rate.
ai · industry
21 July 2026
9 min read
AI coding agents fail in six quiet ways, and none of them breaks the build. What each one looks like in practice, and the defence that works against it.
ai · engineering
14 July 2026
15 min read
Yes, if you place an AI system on the EU market or its output is used in the EU. The dated timeline for a UK company selling into Europe, with what moved.
ai · regulation
7 July 2026
9 min read
Probably yes, and two pages covers it. The sections a small company's AI policy needs, a skeleton to adapt, and the actions that need a named sign-off.
ai · regulation
30 June 2026
9 min read
Most companies owe far less AI paperwork than they fear. The five records worth keeping whatever your risk tier, who asks for each one, and when.
ai · regulation
23 June 2026
10 min read
Most SME software is not high-risk. Annex III lists eight use cases, and if yours is not one of them you can settle the question in an afternoon.
ai · regulation
16 June 2026
10 min read
Providers develop AI systems and put their name on them. Deployers use them at work. Most UK SMEs are deployers, and the two roles owe different things.
ai · regulation
9 June 2026
12 min read
The architecture we ship for field work: local store as source of truth, an event outbox with dependency edges, foreground sync, one database per engineer.
engineering
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