Emerging tech, code sharing and other things we talked about at StackTech 4
The cross-government event covered challenges the public sector needs to think about when considering the use of blockchain, voice assistants and artificial intelligence.
11 barriers to coding in the open and how to overcome them
The cross-government open source meetup addressed common barriers to coding in the open, from hacking fears to licensing confusion.
Improving our in-house rotas
At the Government Digital Service we've stopped using spreadsheets and software-as-a-service tools to manage our rotas and built our own app. We've open sourced the code, so you can use it too.
Making GOV.UK pages load faster and use less data
We changed the way fonts load on GOV.UK to speed up loading times on old devices with slow connection speeds.
Join us to discuss future technology trends at StackTech 4
Join us at our next cross-government technology event on 18 October.
Demonstrating the benefits of AI in government with the Rubik’s Cube
The world record for solving a scrambled Rubik's cube is 4.22 seconds. But what can this teach us about using AI in government?
4 things the GOV.UK PaaS team built during their firebreak
Here’s what the GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS) team worked on during its April firebreak.
Building a tool to improve our GitHub security
GitHub plays a major role in the software supply chain at GDS. All our source code is stored in GitHub - mainly in Alphagov - and we work hard to make sure our repositories are secure.
Changing our testing requirements for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10
Service team developers no longer need to test on Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 (old versions of IE) when following our ‘designing for different browsers and devices’ guidance.
Sticky elements: functionality and accessibility testing
In GOV.UK's Modelling Services team we looked at the possibility of using sticky functionality as part of our work with step by step navigation elements. Here’s what we found.
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