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AI adoption in business: real examples, risks and lessons from UK leaders
AI: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Over the last six months, I have had the privilege of sitting down - virtually and in person - with leaders from across UK industries: energy, utilities, construction, law, manufacturing, media, education, and beyond. Not to sell anything. Not to run a workshop. Just to have an honest conversation about where they are with AI adoption and implementation.
What I heard was revealing. Not because everyone was doing extraordinary things with AI (some were, some weren't), but because the honesty in those conversations cut through the noise that dominates most AI discourse
...Monolith vs microservices: what actually matters
Most businesses don’t start by choosing between a monolith and microservices.
They start with something that works. Then over time, that system becomes harder to change, slower to deploy, and increasingly fragile.
At some point, the question comes up: Do we need to move to microservices? A fair question. But it’s also the wrong place to start.
What is a monolith?
A monolithic architecture combines all components into a single, unified application and deploys them together with tight connections.
That means:
- One codebase
- One deployment process
- Often one shared database
For many businesses, this works well, especially early on.
Monoliths
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