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We’re piloting NDX:Try, a new platform to help local councils test digital services before they buy

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We’re piloting NDX:Try, a new platform to help local councils test digital services before they buy

We recently launched a pilot for NDX:Try to help local councils try new and innovative digital and AI services for free before deciding whether to buy them. You can access the service here: ndx.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk The platform will provide secure, time-limited …

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Applying for a job at GDS

Posted by: Anna Shipman, Posted on: 24 December 2013 - Categories: Chat

This post is now outdated. For a more up-to-date explanation of applying to GDS please read Applying for a job at GDS: update. Over the next few months we will be recruiting for a number of roles, including developers and …

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Taking an API-first approach for user needs

Posted by: Jordan Hatch, Posted on: 23 December 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

Over the last ten weeks, I’ve been part of a small team that’s been building new tools to help us manage user needs better. You may have seen Lisa’s post about the user needs project back in October. I’m going …

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Other things GDS is writing this week (or so)

Posted by: James Stewart, Posted on: 14 December 2013 - Categories: Chat

GDS is a busy place. We've got quite a few blogs running and many of us write elsewhere too. We're going to try occasional round-ups here to flag other things our team has written that may be of interest to …

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Putting the Router through its paces

Posted by: Dan Carley, Posted on: 13 December 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

Having created a comprehensive set of code tests for the Router (which we'll write about in this series soon) we were reasonably confident that it would do the right job in production. But "reasonably confident" isn't good enough; we wanted …

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Choosing Go for a new project

Posted by: Brad Wright, Posted on: 9 December 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

As you read in the previous post in this series, we have built a frontline router using Go. If you cast an eye across our many and varied open source projects, the common theme is that they're generally written in …

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Building a new router for GOV.UK

Posted by: nickstenning and James Stewart, Posted on: 5 December 2013 - Categories: GOV.UK

This is part one of what will be a series of blog posts about the new dynamic HTTP router that serves GOV.UK. This post describes our original motivations in building the router, and some of our experiences building the prototypes …

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About the Technology in government blog

Posted by: GDS team, Posted on: 29 November 2013 - Categories: News

GDS began blogging when it launched. As we grew, we set up multiple blogs with the Technology blog explaining the nitty gritty of how we build, assemble and run software. Over the years we've blogged about building and running a …

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