About

Hello! I’m Savva. This is my website for writing about things that interest me. I spend time on technology, cybernetics, AI, and generally looking at systems thinking; How are systems designed, what’s the gap between what they do and what they’re supposed to do, and how do people inside them navigate that gap?

My background is in cybersecurity, and I’ve spent a lot of time inside teams of all shapes and sizes helping develop organisational relationships to risk. That work draws on systems thinking more than most people expect, you can’t secure what you don’t understand – and we can get into all sorts of interesting details on the difference between an organisation’s declared design and the actual ‘boots-on-the-ground’ reality. I now work as the Technical Director at ADAS Ltd, mostly delivering penetration testing and regulated services to some wonderful clients.

I run Turtledove.dev. We’re a small digital agency that’s home to Flatm8.co.uk. We build good software – both in design, safety, and purpose. That’s with the wonderful Jacob Alcock.

I’m undertaking a MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence at Warwick university aiming to pursue a PhD exploring radical degrowth ideas in computing for good. How can we build better frameworks for leveraging technology sustainably, when we know how dangerous, polarising, and unsustainable current paradigms for engagement are? I’m doing my MSc on assessing where local-first tiny/edge AI can be sustainably used for good.

Thanks for visiting my site – my email is my first name @ pistolas . co . uk – do say hello!