How we should really celebrate Black History Month

We should be celebrating Black history, heritage and excellence all year round. Ayo Olatunde writes about making Black history within organisations, visibly addressing leadership and hiring practices, and pay inequities to show commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Why software engineers make really good gardeners

As a lead engineer, I’m on the lookout for techniques that build our confidence in the software, for adjustments that we could make to our test strategy and culture. This is why, one Tuesday evening earlier this year, you would have found me watching a talk by an ex-colleague which was enticingly titled TDD and other drugs.

The case for open source in the public sector

Digital transformation has been a real focus for government over the last decade. If we look back at the Covid-19 pandemic and the speed at which life-saving digital services were set up, we see how we can rapidly mobilise and transform public services when we must.