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James Dewes

BSc(Hons) Computing and IT (Software) of The Open University, Working in digital marketing since 2008. Tech enthusiast & tinkerer.

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The Wolds 20 Challenge 2026 - Completed in 7h 42min

Last year the Wolds 20 was a challenge to see what I was capable of, having tailed off my training after completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks the year before. This year the Wolds 20 is a step on the upswing to the same challenge...

Developers Up North Hull Social - April

Conversations in the online space are very much about AI and it was interesting to see that continue offline.

Antigravity is Getting Me Down

I am huge fan of Google and the Google stack, but even though I get on well with Gemini, they have felt constantly behind in the AI race.

The Myth of AI Gatekeeping

The criticism of restricted frontier model access misses the point. When a tool reaches state-actor capability, controlled scaling isn't gatekeeping, it's responsibility.

Why bringing an AI “Revolution” to the Judiciary is a Data Architecture Challenge

Revisiting Hannah Fry’s 'Hello World' to explore why 'black box' AI systems in legal and medical sectors are a data architecture liability, not just a technical hurdle.

Getting to grips with Claude Code

A few weeks into using Claude Code as part of our development workflow — what works, what doesn't, and how persistent memory and peer review have changed the way I work.

The Wolds 20 Challenge 2025 - Completed in 7h 54min

Completed The Wolds 20 Challenge in 7 hours and 54 minutes, a challenging 20-mile walk through the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds countryside.

Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - Completed in Under 12 Hours with Modo25

Completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in under 12 hours with colleagues from Modo25, climbing Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough in a single day.

Google I/O 2023: AI, PaLM2, and the Future of Search

Google I/O is Google’s annual developer conference, and it’s always a big event for the company to show off its latest products and technologies. This year’s conference had a number of major announcements that are sure to have a big impact on marketing and the web with deep integrations with AI coming to many of their products soon. One of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2023 was the…

Hands-On with AI Hackathon - Learning Azure Data Science in Leeds

The event was a great opportunity to learn about the applications of AI technologies in different fields, and to get hands-on experience with them...