Notes on data, AI, IT
and security
No marketing fog. The way I think about real problems with founders and managers.
MLOps: the gap between experiment and production
Why most ML experiments never reach production, and what to do about it at the organisational level.
SolarWinds: a supply chain attack explained for managers
What happened with SolarWinds, and why this incident changes the security conversation for companies that do not think of themselves as targets.
Kubernetes for small business: when orchestration is overkill
Why complex infrastructure often slows small teams down, and how to match the level of complexity to the actual task.
When a data lake turns into a swamp
Why data lakes often stop working one or two years after launch, and what to do about it.
CLIP and multimodality: the arrival of zero-shot behaviour
What OpenAI's CLIP release means for companies thinking about practical AI beyond text.
SolarWinds: supply chain risk now belongs in the risk model
The SolarWinds attack in December 2020 showed that trusted software can be an attack vector. What this means for how companies must think about their software suppliers.
A year-end data audit: five questions
The end of the year is a good time to check what state your company's data is in and what to fix before the new planning cycle begins. Five concrete questions for a leader.
AlphaFold: the moment AI starts changing science, not just back-office
In November 2020, DeepMind announced AlphaFold 2 results at CASP. Why this matters more than most AI news - and what it changes about how we understand the technology.
Ransomware hits hospitals in a pandemic: a lesson for every security leader
In autumn 2020, several European hospitals were hit by ransomware attacks during the second wave of COVID-19. What this pattern tells us about operational risk.
Narrow AI in operations: what works, what stalls
Companies launch AI pilots, but most never reach production. What distinguishes working cases from stalled ones.
Cobots for small manufacturers: a realistic entry point into automation
Collaborative robots have changed the economics of factory automation for small and mid-size production companies. What is realistic to expect - and what the common mistakes are.
Three months of remote work revealed the data gaps
Moving to remote work showed where data in companies lives in people's heads rather than in systems. How to read these signals and what to do with them.