PinnedSam BartonConway’s Law Meets Digital TransformationIn 1967 a programmer called Melvin Conway wrote a paper for the Harvard Business Review which stated businesses would design systems that…Sep 5, 2021Sep 5, 2021
PinnedSam BartoninAI MindGithub Copilot Chat, AI for engineers that actually works.Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 2023
Sam BartonWhy culture in engineering is your most powerful assetAt Smart we often speak about our culture. It’s something we’ve cultivated from the inception of the business and value as much today as we…Mar 1Mar 1
Sam BartonThe gift of time. My five week sabbatical from work.I love my job for many reasons but a recent highlight has to be completing a five week sabbatical last month. This amazing benefit is…Jul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023
Sam BartonThe 7 transformational technology trends to revolutionise the financial sector in the post-pandemic…Just three short months into the new decade, the world as we knew it changed so significantly that we all had to reinvent our daily lives…May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Sam BartonAI vs ML, buzzwords or the future?I first found myself needing an AI/ML solution when the business I was in was being systematically hit by fraudulent orders. Ecommerce is…Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019
Sam BartoninSmart Pension TechnologyWhy releasing code many times a day is better than a big bang once a month.We follow a strict policy of shipping code into production regularly, it is not uncommon for us to release new code into production 15…May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
Sam BartonFintech Versus Digital Transformation — Smart PensionDigital transformation is a story that has been re-enacted many times before. In the pension industry it is relatively new, but in banking…May 1, 2019May 1, 2019
Sam BartonOpen Pensions? Let’s learn to walk before we start running. — Smart PensionIn the search for the perfect solution to the pensions dashboard conundrum, the term ‘open pensions’ has been coined and used, almost…Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019