The simple digital service enables ward staff to book in calls which we hope will reduce the burden on staff having to do this manually and reduce the number of calls to wards from loved ones. From the loved ones perspective they receive an SMS stating when their virtual visit is booked for and receive a unique link to join the call when the ward is ready.
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The pitfalls of neglecting legacy application transformation
Legacy technology is a huge threat to the public sector. While this won’t be the first time you’ve read this, it remains relevant because not enough action is being taken to prevent disaster.
A tale in adopting Alpine Linux for Docker
If you read Wikipedia you will find that Alpine is a Linux distribution that is based on musl (more on this later) and BusyBox.
9 Benefits of Test Driven Development
Test Driven Development is the practice of writing a test for a piece of required functionality, before writing any implementation code. This test should fail when first run, and then, you write the code to get it to pass. It doesn’t have to be the most perfect code, just so long as the test passes. Once it does, you can then safely refactor your code.
Which factors drive legacy transformation in public sector organisations?
The risks of neglecting legacy transformation include everything from reputational damage to loss of life. However, trying to predict exactly what will happen to a particular public sector organisation if it ignores these risks is extremely difficult.
A day in the remote life of a software engineer
More people are now being forced into a remote working lifestyle that they may be unprepared for. I’ve been a mostly remote worker for around two years and wanted to share some of my routine in the hope that some may find it helpful.
What makes a great Tech Lead?
If you’re a developer trying to understand what may be required to take a step up, then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll discuss a few of the traits that we look for when hiring or promoting into Tech leadership roles:
The Hierarchical Model-View-Controller Pattern
In this post I’m going to talk about a software architecture pattern we use when we have a number of dynamic content types shared across multiple pages.
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