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Welcome to the Advancing Analytics blog. We’re a bunch of data and AI specialists who build modern platforms and make messy data behave.

You'll find a trove of posts and video here, focused on AI and machine learning, data engineering and analytics. Our blogs are all based on what we’re seeing in the real world - with lessons learned from the sharp end of delivery. 

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Mike Howarth
Why we ran an AI-BI Hackathon - and how to create your own
Why Run an AI-BI Hackathon? At Advancing Analytics, we believe that the best ideas are born...

5th January, 2026

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Luke Menzies
Lakebase: AI's New Friend
Inroduction With Databricks charging full throttle into the world of Data & AI, new tools are...

23rd December, 2025

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Intelligent Pricing Model: Powered by ML, Guided by GenAI
Introduction Assessing an individual’s creditworthiness has always relied on a complex blend...

18th December, 2025

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Christopher Durow
Design Considerations for your AI Framework
Futureproofing for MCP, A2A collaboration, and the next 24 months of change Introduction I’ll...

11th December, 2025

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Tom Radburn
How Advancing Analytics is Transforming Customer Service
How Advancing Analytics’ “Analytics Support” Is Transforming Customer Service Imagine...

1st December, 2025

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Ust Oldfield
Tags as AI Labels: Why Generative AI Needs Metadata It Can Trust
Generative AI systems, especially those using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), depend not...

22nd November, 2025

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Sargithan Senthilselvan
Early Insights from Applying the Databricks Data Quality DQX...
Introduction Are you suffering from poor data quality? Find out how we are helping an...

12th November, 2025

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Craig Porteous
Make Data Quality Simpler with Databricks
Data quality is the kind of topic that gets the same reception as "Documentation" when...

3rd November, 2025

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Ust Oldfield
Tagging is Metadata’s Metadata: Why Good Tags Matter
What Are Tags, Really? Tags are often dismissed as technical conveniences — tiny labels stuck...

29th October, 2025

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Prompt Optimisation: An Introduction to DSPy
What is Prompt Optimisation? Prompt optimisation is the process of systematically improving...

24th October, 2025

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