Is It Safe for a UK Accountancy Firm to Use ChatGPT?
Short answer: not with the free, public version and real client data. Here's exactly what UK accountancy practices can and can't put into ChatGPT under ICAEW/ACCA confidentiality rules and UK GDPR — and the four compliant ways to use AI anyway.
When Does Self-Hosting an LLM Actually Beat the API? The Break-Even Math
The 'just use the API' vs 'we should self-host' fight is almost always vibes. It's not — it's six variables and a break-even point you can actually compute. Here's the mental model, and the costs both sides quietly forget.
Shadow AI: What Your Team Is Already Pasting Into ChatGPT
You can't kill shadow AI with a policy email — it's a productivity habit. Step one isn't a ban, it's visibility: knowing what actually leaks. Here are the four kinds of data quietly leaking into public LLMs, and why blocking backfires.
AI for Accountants (UK): What to Automate, and What Not To
UK practices reportedly lose 10–15 hours a week to work AI could help with — but the wrong AI, used the wrong way, is a confidentiality breach waiting to happen. Here's what to automate first, what to keep human, and how to do it without client data leaving your firm.
The Four Layers of Cloud Lock-In (and How Terraform Cuts Your Exit Cost)
Vendor lock-in isn't one thing you either have or don't — it's four layers: data, platform, contract, and operations. Here's how to score your exposure, price the exit, and where Terraform actually helps (and where it's oversold).
Building AI Infrastructure That Scales: A Guide for Technical Leaders
Most companies bolt AI onto existing systems and wonder why it breaks at scale. Here's how to build AI infrastructure that grows with your business from day one.
LLM Integration in Production: What Nobody Tells You
Getting an LLM to work in a demo is easy. Getting it to work reliably in production, with real users, real edge cases, and real consequences — that's the hard part.
Build vs. Buy: When Custom Software Is Actually Worth It
The default answer used to be 'buy'. Now it's more complicated. AI changes the economics of custom software — here's a framework for making the right call.