Sustainability
This is the second blog from our internal project looking at the Carbon Footprint of Mobile Computation. In it we reveal how we got around the problem of how to measure energy consumption on AWS, and how we built a test harness in Java to run our benchmarks.
Tech
I'll admit that for me knowledge graphs and graph databases were always something of a mystery, so I spent some time investigating to see how they compare to more traditional relational databases. Are they more than just circles and lines?
Sustainability
A post about how to gather power usage of Android devices without the needs for external tools or equipment.
Data Engineering
Lots of businesses want to use AI, if they can find the right business case for it. We look at some new and enhanced AWS products which take a low-or-no-code approach to using AI to enhance Business Intelligence tools.
Data Engineering
This blog is about the different types of message you can put on systems like Rabbit MQ and Kafka. It discusses the differences between commands, events, state and gives a few tips around how to structure your messages.
Data Engineering
We look at what has changed between Apache Spark 2.4.x and 3.5.1, describing some of the new functionality and the significant boost in performance .
Podcast
In this episode, Oliver Cronk, Andrew Carr and David Hope talk about the ever-changing world of data, with conversations moving from data warehouse to data lake, and data mesh to data fabric. They discuss the importance of data ownership and common tooling, and their view that data mesh is an approach rather than an architecture.
People
In software development we often make the assumption that Agile is the best way to manage process on a project but just what do we mean by that, is it true and, if so, why are there so many examples of it not working for teams? In this post I try to take a deeper look at some of these questions.
Sustainability
In the era of increasing environmental awareness, many organisations are eager to showcase their commitment to sustainability. However, not all claims of "green" or "eco-friendly" technology are accurate or substantiated. As an executive, it is becoming increasingly important to distinguish between genuine sustainability efforts and greenwashing -- the practice of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about the environmental benefits of a product or service. This blog introduces approaches that can help you cut through the noise and make informed decisions about your organisation's technology sustainability.
Testing
This blog looks at the changing world of the IT industry and the psychology behind the changes.
Sustainability
This is a post on Scott Logic's contribution to the Green Software Foundation's 2024 Carbon Hack. Focussing on the energy cost of object storage in the cloud, this post details our process, challenges and experiences during the hackathon.
Artificial Intelligence
Using an example project this article explores the possibilities of integrating a Large Language Model with custom logic to improve its utility and power.
Sustainability
This is the first of a series of blog posts that examine the various methods of measuring carbon emissions on end-user devices. In this post, we take a closer look at the Sustainable Web Design Methodology.
Testing
Want to make sure your application is accessible? Here are some different ways you can use your automated tests to make sure.
UX Design
Observations on an industry shift towards building partner ecosystems for personalised, differentiated customer value propositions.
Artificial Intelligence
Can AI write software? My team at Scott Logic wanted to find out whether LLMs could generate JavaScript code to draw a D3 chart in a web page. Read about how it went in this blog post.
Data Engineering
A comparative analysis of three leading Business Intelligence Tools, Microsoft Power BI, Amazon Quicksight and Tableau. We focus on cloud platform usage, and are interested in functionality and ease of use by novice BI users.
UX Design
As part of neurodiversity celebration week, we're taking a look at how neurodiversity impacts UX, and how we can make our design process neuro-inclusive