Insights

What we're watching, building, and thinking about

No listicles. No fluff. Things we've actually encountered building AI systems for UK businesses.

1 June 2026

Claude Opus 4.8: What Actually Changed for Teams Running Agents in Production

Anthropic shipped Opus 4.8 on 28 May 2026. The benchmarks moved. The real story is the operational shifts — parallel subagents, mid-task system messages, and what it means if you're already running agent fleets.

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Automation

8 min

28 May 2026

n8n vs Make in 2026: An Honest Take From Teams That Build on Both

n8n 2.0 shipped native LangChain. Make launched Maia and an agent builder. Zapier added Agents across 8,000 apps. Here's what actually matters when you're choosing a platform for real workloads.

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Agentic AI

7 min

20 May 2026

MCP Explained: Why Every AI Agent You Build Should Be Using It

Model Context Protocol is the standard that lets AI agents connect to your tools natively. Here's what it is, why it matters, and what happens to businesses that build without it.

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Lead Automation

5 min

12 May 2026

Speed to Lead Is the Only Metric That Matters — Here's How AI Solves It

Research is consistent: a lead responded to within 5 minutes is 9x more likely to convert than one contacted after 30 minutes. Most UK sales teams respond in 6–14 hours. Here's the agent pattern that fixes it.

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Agentic AI

9 min

5 May 2026

Agentic AI in 2026: What UK Businesses Actually Need (and What's Still Hype)

The market for autonomous AI agents will grow 40% annually to $263bn by 2035. Vendors are pitching agents for everything. Here's how to tell the real from the theatre.

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Custom Software

7 min

28 April 2026

Custom Software vs. SaaS: When Building From Scratch Is the Right Call

Most businesses should use SaaS. Some shouldn't. Here's a framework for knowing which one you are — and what building from scratch actually costs versus what it buys you.

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