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Trust, technology and the growing importance of data sovereignty
By Oliver Kohll Introduction: In my experience, trust has always been one of the biggest challenges in the IT industry.For decades, organisations have invested enormous sums into digital transformation projects with mixed results. Anyone who has worked in enterprise technology long enough will remember the recurring findings from the Standish Group reports: a strikingly low percentage of IT projects delivered on time, on budget, and with the outcomes businesses originally expected. But I found the root problem was rarely technology alone. More often, it was a trust gap between commercial teams and technical delivery teams. Businesses struggled to articulate their…
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Agilebase example: finding scheduling conflicts
I recently came across a relatively new Postgresql database feature called ‘date multi-ranges’ and it turns out that a partner of ours has found a great use for them for a customer they’re working with. It’s so interesting that I thought I’d write it up here. It’s potentially a widely applicable example with many possible uses amongst other customers, but also it’s just an elegant example of a great database feature that people who like to see how things work might like. Since Agilebase uses Postgresql under the hood, all Postgres functions are available to you, as an Agilebase architect.…
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Vibe Coding vs No Coding
In this article, we posit that vibe coding, though an exciting technology, is not (yet?) well suited to use by non-technologists. No Code in contrast has been specifically designed with non technologists in mind. It is however limited in scope. Bigger gains can be found by combining no code and AI, but, crucially, in well thought through ways. You need a design purpose and philosophy which centralises the business person as user and designer. Background – the AI reality Recently we’ve been coming across lots of talk online about reality checks about AI in general and uses of it like…
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Why your back office system could be holding you back – and what to do about it
Walk into any well-run factory, and what do you see? A seamless flow of materials, workers, and machines, each knowing exactly what needs to happen next. Conveyor belts keep products moving, machinery hums in harmony, and data points from the production line feed into dashboards, telling managers exactly how things are performing. Now, imagine if a factory floor were run the way many back-office systems are today. Boxes stacked in random corners, workers shouting across the warehouse to find out what to do next, machines operating on different power sources that occasionally fail to sync up. Productivity would collapse overnight.…
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How Agilebase Uses AI
We use it to enhance efficiency and ensure integrity A new report says few people are using “much-hyped” artificial intelligence (AI) products such as ChatGPT. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries, including the UK. It found two per cent of British respondents use AI tools on a daily basis. Dr Richard Fletcher is the report’s author. He told the BBC there was a “mismatch” between the “hype” around AI and the “public interest” in it. “Large parts of the public are not interested in generative AI. Thirty per cent of people in the UK say they have not heard…
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