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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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Toyosi Babayeju
From 100+ days to 17 days: Novel Enterprise PII Redaction at Scale...
Introduction When the first version of our PII redaction system went live, we could process...

12th May, 2026

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Paul McComish
The Challenge of Migrating Away From SAS
I’ve seen many companies trying to migrate from their legacy SAS platforms into modern cloud...

6th May, 2026

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Ust Oldfield
Genie Is a Semantic Layer Problem, Not a Chat Problem
I've been setting up Genie spaces for clients, and the conversations always start in the same...

27th April, 2026

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Cem Zekai
Insurance Distribution Just Changed. Most Carriers Weren't in the...
A consumer is asking ChatGPT which home insurance to buy, where to get the cheapest car...

22nd April, 2026

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Luke Menzies
Support your local Prompt Engineers with Prompt Registry
Introduction A few years back, feature stores became the standard way to bring order to...

31st March, 2026

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Luke Menzies
Databricks Feature Store Has a New Trick Up Its Sleeve
Databricks Feature Store has been around for a while now, giving data scientists a central...

24th March, 2026

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Aysha Hamisi
The Ultimate Semantic Model Design Checklist
Overview A well-designed model is much more than a curated layer star schema. To get the best...

18th March, 2026

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Hope Archer
What If Every Charity Had a Data Team?
Reimagining impact measurement for the next generation of social change. Most charities...

12th March, 2026

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Cem Zekai
Five Data Realities Facing Personal Lines Insurers in 2026
I spend most of my days talking to data leaders across personal and general lines. Most of the...

10th March, 2026

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Minu Beena Sisupal
Life as a Senior Project Manager: Delivering Impact, Clarity, and...
If you hear 'Senior Project Manager' and immediately picture colour-coded spreadsheets and...

6th March, 2026

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