The Curve to sponsor Sheffield University’s Computer Science Society
The Curve is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the University of Sheffield’s Computer Science Society this year and will be providing support and opportunities for its members throughout the year. Being a software development company we’re always interested in finding ways to support and encourage the next generation […]
The Curve has been selected as the Technical Delivery Partner for Fitwins
The Curve is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the Technical Delivery Partner of the popular wellbeing app “Fitwins”. The Fitwins App challenges and motivates people to increase their physical exercise by recognising and encouraging those who take part and complete their challenges with medals. Fitwins rewards […]
Technical Literacy: Understanding “Technical Debt”
So what is Technical Debt? Who you ask will likely influence the answer that you get. Different perspectives will emphasise different aspects of the definition of “Technical Debt”. In this article, we dive into what is meant by technical debt and why, on occasion, seemingly simple changes can take more […]
Paul Howell Joins The Curve as Non-Executive Director and Chair of The Board
The Curve is excited to announce that Paul Howell will be joining us as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board. With over 22 years of experience as a Director and more recently, Group Innovation Director at AME Group Ltd, Paul is bringing a wealth of experience and will […]
Using Work Experience to develop a feature for a digital solution used by a regional NHS Foundation Trust.
During the summer, The Curve provided a work experience placement for Megan, one of the many students who reached out to us to enquire about a possible work experience placement with us. As with our summer interns, we don’t specifically have a scheme currently in operation for work experience placements. […]
Saying goodbye to our Interns, James and Filip … and hello to our new part time team members!
Over the last few months we’ve been lucky enough to work with two very skilled and determined interns in James and Filip. Reaching out to us early on in the summer they asked if they could have an internship which showed a degree of dedication and motivation that we couldn’t […]
Beware of redirects with Ruby’s net/http
Photo by Maik Jonietz on Unsplash Earlier last week, we learned that Ruby’s built-in net/http library contains a fundamental limitation — net/http does not automatically handle redirect status codes (3xx). As part of a feature sprint for a client, we had been tackling some functionality around PDFs issued by their system using wicked_pdf, […]
The Curve is chosen as Arithmagicians technical delivery partner
*Update – Arithmagicians is live!* The Curve is pleased to announce that it will be the tech delivery partner for a new “Tech for Good” online mathematics platform which will help to improve pupils’ skills, confidence and ability in arithmetic skills. Ebrahim Tafti received an award of £25,000 as well […]
Why Pull Requests Alone Won’t Give you a Good Code Review Culture
In the quest to promote a culture and ethos of excellence and quality within the dev team at The Curve, it goes without saying that we should have a set of coding standards and best practices under which we operate. Not process for process sake, but a set of guidelines […]
Don’t Just Focus on Technical Skills…Stay Swaggy with Your Soft Skills!
At The Curve, we receive a lot of CV’s from hopeful applicants seeking opportunities to join our team. These inbound and often speculative queries range from students and grads seeking summer internships through to very experienced technical professionals who’d love to join us on a permanent basis. We take each […]