On 28th June 2023, the European Commission (EC) announced the 3rd Payment Services Directive
The Future of UK Open Banking
Open Banking has transformed the financial services landscape and led to more innovation in the past 5 years than in the previous 250 years. Now the UK is set to supercharge that innovation with a new phase of accelerated innovation and an explosion of capabilities.
Why Google Will Win the AI Wars
In 2003, Michael Burry predicted that the US housing market would collapse in 2007. As we all now know, he was right…
Learning to Fly: Lesson 14
An overcast day but that shouldn’t be a problem. Winds quite light but variable. Will I finally get to solo today?
Deconstructing the New Inner Loop for Single Page Applications (SPAs) in .NET 6
Microsoft’s two major development platforms, .NET Framework and .NET Core, have converged in .NET 6, with major changes to .NET SPA web application development. You can hit F5 and be confident that everything just works, however, I couldn’t help spending some time digging into what’s going on under the hood… Continue Reading
Software Companies are the Wild West
Between the 1600s and the late 1800s, thousands of people set off from the edge of the new American civilisation and headed West…
The Importance of Returning to the Office
Returning to the office is a controversial subject. Some organisations report that over 10% of their staff are threatening to leave if they are asked to return to the office at all, let alone full time. I have a perspective on this that comes from moving jobs during the pandemic. Continue Reading
Orienting Teams around the Axis of Change
Tech is a very fluid and changing world, but one of the most lasting truths in technology is Conway’s Law.