##### Category: Engineering

[By Simfoni](/content/author/wordjack/ "By Simfoni"/index.html)

#### [Beyond the Hype: Managing Our Expectations of AI in the Age of ChatGPT](/content/engineering/ai-in-the-age-of-chatgpt/index.html)

“We overestimate the impact of technology in the short-term and underestimate the effect in the long run.” – Ray Amara, Stanford computer scientist Simfoni’s Chief Technology Officer Alan Buxton shares insights into expectations around the capabilities of AI and...

[April 18, 2023](/content/engineering/ai-in-the-age-of-chatgpt/index.html)

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#### [Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (in Spend Classification)](/content/engineering/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-in-spend-classification/index.html)

When you’re working out your procurement strategy you need the right level of data granularity. But often the data in your corporate systems is not structured in a way that is most useful for buyers. Enter Spend Classification: the process...

[May 25, 2022](/content/engineering/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-in-spend-classification/index.html)

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#### [The Road to SOC2 through Controls that build trust](/content/engineering/the-road-to-soc2-through-controls-that-build-trust/index.html)

SOC2 tests compliance on a few trust principles namely Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality and Privacy of data. Some basics about SOC2 (Service Organizational Control ver 2) is that it is a compliance standard set by AICPA(It is the body...

[February 21, 2022](/content/engineering/the-road-to-soc2-through-controls-that-build-trust/index.html)

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#### [Tech from Startup to Scale up – Strangulating the Monolith](/content/engineering/tech-from-startup-to-scale-up-strangulating-the-monolith/index.html)

If you are an early stage startup you will start with something small and a single piece of software that proves your idea. Scale and complexity are not on your mind and your first few customers are there to help...

[February 3, 2022](/content/engineering/tech-from-startup-to-scale-up-strangulating-the-monolith/index.html)

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#### [Estimation and Velocity of Engineering Delivery](/content/engineering/estimation-and-velocity-of-engineering-delivery/index.html)

Estimation and Velocity are serious unsolved industry problems. It applies to us very much but we are not alone. There are 3 distinct factors that determine how quickly you can deliver a feature and how accurately you can estimate the delivery....

[February 1, 2022](/content/engineering/estimation-and-velocity-of-engineering-delivery/index.html)