https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news.html Latest articles from Digital Tactics on AI, cloud engineering, green software, security, and innovation research. Expert insights for technology leaders. en-gb Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:49:11 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/ai-agent-orchestration-multi-agent-workflows Most multi-agent AI systems fail in production for the same three reasons. Here is how to design orchestration patterns, error handling, and deployment strategies that hold up. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/ai-agent-orchestration-multi-agent-workflows https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/claude-code-accelerate-software-delivery Claude Code changed how we deliver software. Shorter cycle times, fewer context-switching penalties, and higher code quality across client projects. Here is what we learnt. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/claude-code-accelerate-software-delivery https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/future-human-ai-collaboration-software-engineering AI pair programming is changing what software engineers spend their time on. How the shift from writing code to directing agents reshapes roles, skills, and team structures. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/future-human-ai-collaboration-software-engineering https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/research-project-to-commercial-product The valley of death between funded research and commercial product claims most projects. Productisation strategies and timing decisions that improve the odds of crossing it. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/research-project-to-commercial-product https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/building-international-research-consortium Assembling a research consortium across multiple countries is harder than the research itself. Lessons from building international partnerships for Horizon Europe and EUREKA. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/building-international-research-consortium https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/ai-readiness-mid-size-organisations The AI readiness gap between large enterprises and mid-size firms is widening. A practical framework for assessing data maturity, skills, governance, and building a roadmap. Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/ai-readiness-mid-size-organisations https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/horizon-europe-uk-perspective-post-brexit UK association with Horizon Europe is confirmed, but the practical post-Brexit challenges are rarely discussed. Hard-won lessons from submitting proposals as a UK partner. Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/horizon-europe-uk-perspective-post-brexit https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/uk-ai-regulatory-framework The UK is taking a different path to AI regulation than the EU, but the practical compliance steps overlap more than you might expect. How to prepare for the emerging framework. Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/uk-ai-regulatory-framework https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/greencode-methodology-energy-efficient-software GreenCode measures the energy cost of every function call, not just the server bill. A methodology for building software that runs cleaner, developed through international R&D. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/greencode-methodology-energy-efficient-software https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/llm-assisted-code-review Twelve months of LLM-assisted code review revealed what these models catch reliably and where they still introduce false confidence. Integration lessons for engineering teams. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/llm-assisted-code-review https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/sustainable-cloud-architecture-lower-energy Cloud architecture decisions made early in a project determine its energy footprint for years. Right-sizing, serverless patterns, and data strategies that cut consumption. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/sustainable-cloud-architecture-lower-energy https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/business-case-green-software-engineering Green software engineering saves money before it saves the planet. The cost data, regulatory drivers, and competitive advantages that make the business case difficult to ignore. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/business-case-green-software-engineering https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/retrieval-augmented-generation-when-how-to-use-rag RAG is not always the right answer to grounding LLM responses. When retrieval-augmented generation works, when it fails, and the architecture patterns that make the difference. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/retrieval-augmented-generation-when-how-to-use-rag https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/measuring-carbon-footprint-php-application Most PHP teams have no idea how much energy their application consumes per request. Energy profiling techniques and optimisation strategies that cut carbon measurably. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/measuring-carbon-footprint-php-application https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/software-energy-efficiency-matters Software accounts for a growing share of global energy consumption, yet most teams never measure it. The scale of the problem, regulatory direction, and the case for acting now. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/software-energy-efficiency-matters https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/iot-lessons-deploying-sensor-networks IoT sensor networks behave very differently in the field than in a lab. Connectivity, power management, and data pipeline lessons from deploying hardware at scale. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/iot-lessons-deploying-sensor-networks https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/migrating-legacy-php-to-aws-lambda Moving a legacy PHP monolith to AWS Lambda is possible but demands careful planning around the Bref runtime, cold starts, and session handling. A detailed migration case study. Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/migrating-legacy-php-to-aws-lambda https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/gdpr-five-years-common-mistakes Five years after GDPR took effect, the same compliance mistakes keep appearing. Consent management, data retention, and processor agreements remain the biggest blind spots. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/gdpr-five-years-common-mistakes https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/security-incident-response-playbook Every security incident follows a predictable pattern once you have a playbook. Detection, containment, investigation, and recovery steps drawn from handling real breaches. Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/security-incident-response-playbook https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/eu-ai-act-uk-technology-companies The EU AI Act applies to many UK technology companies whether they realise it or not. Risk classifications, compliance timelines, and the preparation steps that matter most. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/eu-ai-act-uk-technology-companies https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/building-serverless-python-apis Serverless Python on AWS Lambda sounds straightforward until cold starts and deployment complexity arrive. Patterns that work in production, not just in tutorials. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/building-serverless-python-apis https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/aws-cost-optimisation-reduced-bill-40-percent A single AWS account audit uncovered 40% in wasted spend. The right-sizing, reserved capacity, and architectural changes that delivered the saving without sacrificing performance. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/aws-cost-optimisation-reduced-bill-40-percent https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/zero-downtime-deployments-cicd-blueprint Zero-downtime deployments are achievable for most applications with the right CI/CD pipeline design. Blue-green strategies, database migration patterns, and rollback procedures. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/zero-downtime-deployments-cicd-blueprint https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/cyber-essentials-certification-walkthrough Cyber Essentials certification is straightforward if you prepare properly. The five controls, the assessment process, and the mistakes that cause unnecessary delays. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/cyber-essentials-certification-walkthrough https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/infrastructure-as-code-terraform-lessons After 50+ Terraform deployments, certain patterns consistently prevent state drift, team conflicts, and costly rollbacks. Module design and workflow lessons from production. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/infrastructure-as-code-terraform-lessons https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/zend-framework-to-laravel-migration Zend Framework reached end of life and the migration clock started ticking. Why we chose Laravel, the transition strategy we followed, and what the team learnt along the way. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/zend-framework-to-laravel-migration https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/wordpress-enterprise-scale-performance WordPress can serve enterprise traffic, but only with the right caching, database tuning, and infrastructure behind it. Performance strategies proven at scale across live sites. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/wordpress-enterprise-scale-performance https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/api-design-principles-every-project After hundreds of API integrations, certain design principles prove themselves repeatedly. RESTful conventions, versioning, error handling, and documentation that prevent rework. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/api-design-principles-every-project https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/technical-debt-measure-when-to-pay-down Technical debt is easy to accumulate and hard to measure. A practical framework for quantifying what you owe, prioritising repayment, and making the case to stakeholders. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/technical-debt-measure-when-to-pay-down https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/kubernetes-vs-docker-swarm Kubernetes wins the mindshare battle, but Docker Swarm still makes sense for certain team sizes and workloads. A comparison drawn from real deployments, not marketing material. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.digitaltactics.co.uk/news/kubernetes-vs-docker-swarm