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 […]
Raising awareness & fundraising for Cavendish Cancer Care by completing the Leeds Half Marathon.
Cavendish Cancer Care is a Sheffield based charity that provides support to local families affected by cancer. They give those affected and their families the chance to talk in confidence and offer complementary therapies to help alleviate both the emotional strain of cancer, and the physical side effects of the […]
How two interns became valued team members after they struggled to find placements within Sheffield’s technology community.
Last summer The Curve was fortunate to work with two amazing interns who were looking to gain real-world experience in the software industry whilst planning their next steps to University. Although we weren’t actively seeking to bring interns into the business, the decision to do so has resulted in a […]
The Curve to deliver Ethical Social Group’s straight-talking dating app: Fluttr
Ethical Social Group (ESG), a tech company with a mission to rebuild social platforms for good, has appointed The Curve as one of their Technology Delivery Partners. The Macclesfield-based group was established in 2019, and aims to deliver a suite of next-generation social applications that place member privacy, security, fun […]