AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello friends, With tropical storms rumbling around, Hannah has been unusually productive from the beautiful island of Okinawa. She’s also discovered a tiny hole in the bottom of her 10 year old Adidas gazelles which is causing her left foot to get really rather wet. If the next pair lasts 10 years she'll be wearing them until she's 50 (WTF) which makes this a very big decision! [those of us well past 50 would like a word about...
12 days ago • 11 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello Friends, The power went off in Charles' house yesterday so we went to bed very early. When it came back on at about 1:00 in the morning he woke up and could not get back to sleep. So he started writing this week's AI for the Rest of Us newsletter at around 3:00am armed with a cup of Earl Grey. He is sorry if it feels a bit sleepier than usual. This week Hannah was back in her natural habitat stomping up and down the...
19 days ago • 9 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello Friends, It’s been a momentous week. Hannah experienced her first earthquake in Sendai, Japan and this newsletter had its first week of 1000+ readers (and rather more subscribers). Thank you all for being here. We also have momentous news about our next conference! We’re excited to announce a new one day conference: Agent Craft. Agent Craft is a gathering for Agent builders, a space where we can share learning and connect...
26 days ago • 9 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello Friends, When we started this newsletter Hannah and I worried we wouldn’t have enough to write about each week. It turns out that really isn’t a problem, and actually our problem is what to leave out. Hopefully we’re doing OK. We love getting messages from you telling us what you’ve enjoyed. Following the launch of BIMP, Hannah is taking a well earned holiday in Japan, but she has managed to file copy. This week’s meetup in...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello Friends, We hope you all had a good Easter. Charles’ eldest was home from University and, having spent Easter Sunday with Charles’ mum, they spent a lovely day on Monday walking through some truly spectacular local bluebell woods. Hannah has also been enjoying some down time with her family, travelling back to The Forest of Dean for the Easter weekend. Hugging trees, climbing hills and walking a total of 50km. I’m a...
about 1 month ago • 9 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello Friends, Charles and Hannah were both on the GOTO podcast this week to talk about Charles’ book "Kubernetes at the Edge”, exploring how edge computing, from military vessels to precision agriculture to retail, presents unique challenges around intermittent connectivity, hardware constraints, and day-two operations. We also dig into sustainability, arguing that operational efficiency (knowing what you have, switching off...
about 2 months ago • 11 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Dear Friends, Today is an incredibly exciting day for Hannah. Today she’s launching a new product. Having spent most of 2025 helping other AI startups she decided it was her turn. BIMP is a Base Image Management Platform. Alongside co-founder and partner Stuart Preston, BIMP brings together some of Hannah’s favourite subjects - Platform Engineering, Cyber-Security and Agentic Software Development. If you work in software...
2 months ago • 8 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello friends, Join us for our monthly meetup in Central London on Wednesday 18th March. This month we’re focussed on Agentic Automation with Kiran Pendem and Minisha Goel. We’ll be discussing when to use Agentic Automation and how powerful agents like Claude Code can help everyone, not just for developers. As always, it’s sure to be a practical and inspiring evening. Massive thanks to our new meetup sponsor Leapter for...
2 months ago • 8 min read
AI for the rest of us Welcome to the AI community for everyone. Hello friends, Charles went with his wife and youngest to see recreational mathematician, stand-up comedian, best-selling author, and YouTuber Matt Parker in his new show, "Getting Triggy with It" at the Hexagon in Reading on Wednesday. Matt kicked things off by dividing the audience into two groups: ‘Category Zero’ for the fellow maths geeks who watch his videos (Charles’ wife and youngest), and ‘Category One’ for those who’ve...
3 months ago • 9 min read