Iain McLaren

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1. How to draft an AI contract

   

   Best practice for using AI (i.e. in this context large language models) is in a state of flux. Our clients tell us that they see a lot of abstract high-level articles about AI, but little concrete practical advice about how to draft an AI contract.

   What should we consider when drafting and negotiating an AI contract?

2. Why is an organisation the 'technology leader'? Boring technology foundations.

   

   If there are three to five large players in a highly regulated market, and one is seen as the technology leader, it is often because that organisation has already invested in replacing their technology foundations with boring technology. We can see this across industries, including the energy, telecommunications, hospital, and financial services industries, as well as for government services.

3. Have you checked your software stored in escrow lately?

   

   Have you checked your software stored in escrow lately?

4. What happened with YubiKeys and why it is interesting (but a bit of a non-event) from a security perspective

   https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/yubikeys-are-vulnerable-to-cloning-attacks-thanks-to-newly-discovered-side-channel/

5. That time when I spent two weeks hunting down one software bug

   

   This post is a response to two questions that I am commonly asked. ‘Is coding fun?’ and ‘What is coding like?’

   That time when I spent two weeks hunting down one software bug.

6. Golang database locker (calmdocs/dblocker)

   How I access databases in golang: github.com/calmdocs/dblocker Golang database locker. A simple library to lock a shared database session for each “user” or “id” behind what is effectively a RWMutex.