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The OpenAI Codex JavaScript Sandbox and the API which backs it have generated a lot of justified interest in the development community. Chris Price pulls back the curtain a little in this blog post, dispelling some of the magic so that you can better understand the capabilities of the model and how they can be applied.
We're excited to be participating in four talks at next Tuesday's Open Source Strategy Forum 2021 in London: • Tamara Chehayeb Makarem will be moderating a panel discussion on 'Journeys within Fintech: A panel on women's career progression' • Graham Odds will be participating in a panel discussion on 'The Growth of InnerSource in Financial Services' • Colin Eberhardt will be presenting a talk on 'Open Source Sustainability and our Corporate Social Responsibility' and participating in a panel discussion on the findings of the 'State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey' This is a COVID-safe, in-person event organised by FINOS and The Linux Foundation. 📍 London EC3 🗓️ Tues 5 Oct
The pandemic accelerated the growth in the average time we spend online each day. As Kat Angel explains in this post, studies show that mental health can be adversely affected by spending increasing amounts of time on the Internet. She offers some suggestions about safeguarding mental wellbeing, including how she is consciously adapting her own habits.
As a developer, the number of things that can trip you up about date and time handling is astonishing. With the end of British Summer Time a few weeks away, Colin Eberhardt reflects on 120 years of timezones and the introduction of daylight saving, an idea that may well have had its day.
On 24 Sept, get to grips with the computer skills of Average Joe. In this talk, Lead Developer Paul Graham will summarise the results of a recent survey into the general population's computer skills, and help you to visualise and understand the ability levels of the average user so that you can build better software. This event is part of Leeds Digital Festival 2021. 🗓️ Fri 24 Sep 🕙 12:00-12:45
Adding a custom ESLint rule to a JavaScript codebase was less straightforward than Benedict Quinn expected. Having managed to enforce a couple of rules, he shares what he learnt in his latest blog, with five steps you can follow.
On 23 Sept, join Alexander Ternar for a primer on Inclusive Design. The decisions we make when creating products and services can directly enhance or inhibit the participation of people and communities. Alex will introduce you to the vast world of Inclusive Design by exploring how understanding human diversity leads to the creation of better, more human products. This event is part of Leeds Digital Festival 2021. 🗓️ Thu 23 Sept 🕑 14:00–15:00
How is the banking sector innovating to usher in a new era of digital identity assurance? In this webinar, Martin Ingram (Product Owner – Identity and Access Management, NatWest Group) describes how banks are working together to shape standards and processes by which they can build trust in customers via digital means, and illustrates this with several use cases. He also explores how sectors across the private and public realm could work together to reduce friction for customers in proving their identity, and how this has the potential to improve inclusion.
We’re delighted and proud that Lead UX Designer Tamara Chehayeb Makarem is a finalist in the ‘Outstanding Returner Award’ category at the Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2021. These awards recognise top-performing women from across the technology space and provide inspiration for younger women looking to build a career in our industry. Several other Scott Logic consultants were long-listed for the awards in other categories in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the business in the last twelve months: Jennifer Hall, Martha King, Hannah Pretswell, Laura Warren and Ciara Gardiner. Congratulations to all and best of luck to Tamara!
On 22 Sept, James Leftley will encourage you to fail... as the best way to build resilient systems in cloud environments. James will explain how experimenting with our systems, by deliberately introducing failures, can help us better understand their behaviour. This talk is part of Leeds Digital Festival 2021. 🗓️ 22 Sep 2021 🕥 10:30–11:15
