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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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Bev Manz
System One: Jev, ai_decide or Decisions API?
Every day brings another System One release: a new TypeSafe AI Jev, ai_decide, OpenAI's...

13th November, 2026

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Amanda Cleverly
My Story Into Data: Aoife O'Kane Hackett
“When I started working in data, I couldn't have told you what a data engineer did. I was put...

9th November, 2026

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Terry McCann
Experimentation to Outcomes: How the Data & AI Landscape is Changing
“Foundations are key... but if you're building the foundations without the vision, where do...

6th November, 2026

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Martin McMillan
Who Gets to Plant in the Gold Layer?
A well-built Gold layer should be the first place we look for an answer. Agreed definitions,...

2nd November, 2026

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Liam Dunphy
Push or Pull? What Bad Design Reveals About Our Data Platforms
I hate Norman doors. And I hate the people who design them. What is a Norman door? It's pure...

27th October, 2026

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Ust Oldfield
After the Standing Ovation: The Topology of Productionising Built-On...
A while ago I wrote about a Built-On Databricks prototype: a multi-tenant analytics product...

23rd October, 2026

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Dave Paley
The Biggest Barrier to Better Public Services isn't AI. It's the...
Public services do not have a data shortage, or an AI shortage. They have a data integration...

15th October, 2026

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Dave Paley
AI Won't Fix Government; Better Foundations Will. 5 Key Principles to...
Government doesn't have a data problem. It has a foundations problem. Until that's fixed, AI,...

13th October, 2026

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Malvik Vaghadia
What Databricks is doing with Genie for Business Users
In a little over two years, Genie has gone from a Public Preview feature for asking questions...

8th October, 2026

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George Dutton
Growing Across Borders: What Lisbon Taught Us About Scaling Culture
Last month, the entire Advancing Analytics team were invited to our summer away day, in...

5th October, 2026

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