What is the OPEL System? Understanding OPELThe National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom uses the Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) system to monitor and manage the pressure on its services. The system was introduced in 2015 and has been updated over the years to reflect changes in the NHS. This is one of … Read more
A great way to end the yearFollowing on from an incredible year for us here at The Curve we were thrilled to be announced as the winners of the Yorkshire Prestige Awards 2022/23 Software Developer of the Year. With the awards ceremony taking place at the Hazlewood Castle Hotel & Spa, The Curve’s Business Development … Read more
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 of coders and developers, and … Read more
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 and praises those who compete … Read more
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 time to implement than you’d … Read more
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 no doubt inject valuable insight … Read more
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. However, having received so many … Read more
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 refuse. This would prove to … Read more
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, which can generate PDFs from … Read more
*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 as support from Let Teachers … Read more
