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Welcome to the Advancing Analytics blog. We’re a bunch of data and AI specialists who build modern platforms and make messy data behave.

You'll find a trove of posts and video here, focused on AI and machine learning, data engineering and analytics. Our blogs are all based on what we’re seeing in the real world - with lessons learned from the sharp end of delivery. 

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Amanda Cleverly
The Mentor Who Started With a Slide Deck and a School Hall
Picture a school hall full of 14-year-olds who've just been told that a career in tech means...

9th September, 2026

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We Partnered with Women in Data® to Help Shape a More Inclusive Future
When people talk about data and AI, the conversation tends to focus on technology: the latest...

7th September, 2026

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Ust Oldfield
Platforms Don't Make Money. Products Do.
Why Data as a Product Has Become a Board-Level Conversation Over the past decade, enterprises...

27th August, 2026

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Ashley Warren
How I got into Public Speaking in the Data Community
Recently I was asked by one of my colleagues how I became a regular speaker at data events and...

25th August, 2026

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Databricks Ventures & Advancing Analytics: The Founders' View
Some company goals sound sensible when you write them down. Others sound slightly mad. Earning...

21st August, 2026

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Luke Menzies
Claude Code, properly: the habits that actually move the needle
A lot of people first meet Claude Code as a coding assistant in the terminal. Useful, yes, but...

11th August, 2026

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Ust Oldfield
Off the Scale: Using (& Abusing) Custom Viz in Databricks AI/BI
It started with a challenge and a competition. “A pair of FishFlops for the first person that...

4th August, 2026

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Chris Williams
Disability Pride 2026: Disabled Leaders, Shaping What's Next
This is part 3 of 3 in our Disability Pride Month series. "Disability Pride Month 2026: Where...

29th July, 2026

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Luke Menzies
Everything You Need to Know About Multimodal Embedding within...
Introduction Generative AI has quickly become a core pillar of the modern data landscape. Over...

28th July, 2026

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James Bentley
From Graphs to Grandeur: Deploying Agents as Databricks Served...
So, you’ve made an agent - congratulations! You’ve wrestled with edges and nodes, stitched...

24th July, 2026

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