Campfire Labs blog https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/ Notes on AI, cloud and building things people use, by Adrian Davies. en-gb Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What the AI in Solaces does, and what it does not https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/what-the-ai-in-solaces-does/ https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/what-the-ai-in-solaces-does/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Adrian Davies Building SolacesAIBias and ethics People ask me whether a robot reads their chats. Here is the plain answer. My app costs less than my phone contract to run. Here is exactly how. https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/solaces-costs-less-than-a-phone-contract/ https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/solaces-costs-less-than-a-phone-contract/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Adrian Davies Building SolacesCloudAI Budgets, guard rails and AI tokens. How I keep a free support app lean without ever pulling the plug on people who need it. Start small. That is how AI actually gets used at work. https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/start-small/ https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/start-small/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Adrian Davies AI at workAI Big launches get the headlines. Small, useful tools get the users. Five questions people ask me about AI https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/five-questions-people-ask-me-about-ai/ https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/five-questions-people-ask-me-about-ai/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Adrian Davies AIAI at work They come up at work, at dinner and in my messages. Here are my honest answers. Bias in AI starts long before the model https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/bias-in-ai-starts-before-the-model/ https://campfirelabs.co.uk/blog/bias-in-ai-starts-before-the-model/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Adrian Davies AIBias and ethics Most of it is baked in before anyone writes a prompt. The good news is you can usually see it coming.