Category Archives: Opinion

I spent much of the weekend redesigning my website… with the help of AI. When I say “with the help of AI”, I don’t mean I pressing a button, making a cup of tea and coming back to a shiny … Continue reading →

The last few months, I have spent plenty of time using AI to build applications, automate tasks and generally see what is possible… not leading edge, just helping out. The experience has been enlightening and humbling. What would previously have … Continue reading →

For those of us bottom feeding on cheap(er) AI services, we got a shock this week. DeepSeek increase the pricing of their model APIs in some cases by 14x. This means, of course, bills of $5 a month jump to … Continue reading →

Last week I spent time building the FCA Consumer Duty Lending Simulator, really as a bit of fun to promote our new refresher course around Consumer Duty essentials. Running through the detail, there was obviously plenty to consider around good … Continue reading →

Once again the World Cup is over, and I am rattling around the house wondering what to do with myself in the evening. There have been some good matches and certainly plenty of intrigue, together with change. We have had … Continue reading →

This week I was down at MAD//Fest again. As an event full of people from the marketing and PR industry it is one I enjoy, something completely different from my usual fare. Most of my year I spend time at … Continue reading →

With all the furore about Anthropic’s Fable, somewhere between Nuneaton and Rugby, I decided to see what would happen if I used it to build a complete collections system. Now, this had to have login controls, role based access controls, … Continue reading →

With the World Cup well underway and temperature in the UK rising this week all I can think of is hydration breaks. No I am not talking about the hydration break you may have in the bar, when your team … Continue reading →

Last week I reached AI overload. All the new features and that multi-threaded, multi-tasking feeling of just trying to keep up with it all. So from this last weekend it has quite deliberately been an AI detox week. Just time … Continue reading →

Having made it through the new year celebrations it is now time to take stock and turn out focus on just what will happen this year. There is of course no shortage of punditry and armchair opinion online, however here … Continue reading →