Blogs
Notes on working with and for our clients and the decisions, trade-offs and patterns that shape what we do.
Earlier this year, customer data relating to a major consumer brand was published publicly following a ransomware incident. The breach affected tens of millions of accounts and inc…
Most specifications aim to be helpful. They describe what a system should do, how it might behave, and what constraints to consider. But in practice, they’re a snapshot - shaped by…
Most of us work in environments where competence is assumed. In technical roles especially, you’re often surrounded by people who know a great deal — and who, at least some of the…
There is a difficult truth that tends to surface only when we are already in the middle of something demanding, something that cannot be rushed or solved through cleverness alone.…
We worked with Tomra on the software platform underpinning the TOMRA 5C Sorting Machine, one of the most advanced optical sorting machines in their food portfolio. As with much of…
In software delivery, difficulties rarely arise because teams are incapable of building what has been asked for. In most cases, the problem lies elsewhere. More often, the issue is…
We were part of the team that helped deliver Aurora , the pensions administration platform developed by XPS Pension Administrators and launched in 2023. Our NDA limits what we can…