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Looking to contribute to an open source project for the first time? So was Rowan Willis, and he found the process rather less straightforward than he was expecting. He shares his experiences and insights in this blog post, with advice for first-time contributors and project maintainers alike to help them maximise the value of each other’s time.
At Scott Logic, everyone receives an Individual Development Budget of up to £1,000 and two development days a year. Andrew Whitmell and a group of other Scott Logic developers used theirs to attend the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in a sunny Berlin in June. In this post, Andrew shares his overview of the good, the bad and the not-so-ugly from the event, aiming to answer the question, "Are international conferences worth all that time and effort?"
In 2021, financial services organisations appeared very reluctant to contribute to open source, while consumption was “acceptable” rather than “encouraged” – you can read Colin Eberhardt's analysis of the State of Open Source in Financial Services survey results here https://bit.ly/2XHIoAR. Have things changed in the last year? Let's find out. Share your insights in the 2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services survey by following the link below. 🎓 As a thank you for your time, you'll get a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is being run by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
Episode 6 of 'Beyond the Hype' is out! This month, Chris Price, Simon Martin and Robert Pilling discuss Rust – a programming language voted the ‘most-loved’ language seven years in a row in the StackOverflow survey. Is the hype justified? They discuss a wide range of topics, including what it means to be a system-programming language, what brought each of them to Rust, what makes a programming language successful and, in that light, what the future might hold for Rust. With a helpful bicycle metaphor thrown in for good measure! Listen to the episode by clicking the link below. And subscribe to ‘Beyond the Hype’ on: 🎧 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/.../beyond-the-hype/id1612265563 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2BlwBJ7JoxYpxU4GBmuR4x 🎧 Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5saWJzeW4uY29tLzM5NTE1MC9yc3M
What is the state of open source in financial services in 2022? Have things changed in the last year? Let's find out. Take the 'State of Open Source in Financial Services' survey now. To thank you for completing this survey, you will receive a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is organised by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
Systems generate a lot of machine data from activity such as events and logs. In his latest blog post, Dillon Keith Diep explains how this mass of data can be organised and harnessed using the Splunk data platform. As a developer, Dillon has found Splunk extremely useful in gaining insights into many aspects of a system, including application performance, security, hardware monitoring, sales, user metrics, and reporting and audits.
Has open source in financial services changed in the last year? Let's find out. Take the '2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services' survey now, launched by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: 📋 https://www.research.net/r/QVR83VM To thank you for completing this survey, you will receive a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. Last year's inaugural survey provided the baseline – you can read about its key findings here https://www.scottlogic.com/news/2021-state-open-source-financial-services-survey-published
Techie Brekkie Bristol is returning! On 7 September, join Deborah Wilder, Director and Co-Founder of Workwell PCS, for a talk and discussion on 'The Future Workplace: the Why and the What of the office'. There'll be the usual delicious, free breakfast for you to enjoy as we explore how to strike the right balance between office and home-working, what the real value is of working together in person, and how office spaces can be optimised for the new world of work. We hope you can join us – in person! 🗓️ Wed 7 Sept 🕘 9:00–10:00 📍 Scott Logic, Bristol BS1
We’re proud to be the technical delivery partner for The Scottish Government Payments Service. A key milestone was reached last month as the payments service moved into private beta. In this phase, the team will work with a limited number of early adopters to test and iterate the service before making it available to the broader public sector in Scotland. The team’s beta partner is Independent Living Fund Scotland which provides financial support to over 3,000 disabled people in Scotland and Northern Ireland to help them live independently. Given the critical importance of this funding, our consultants were passionate about ensuring the success of this first of many weekly Bacs payments to ILF Scotland recipients. Following this successful beta release, the team will release new service features monthly to deliver ongoing value to the Scottish Government and Scottish citizens. Read the full story here.
The glorious sunshine brought out all the colours of the rainbow at Bristol Pride 🌈 on Saturday, and a big group from our Bristol office went on the march, joined by friends and family. Everyone had a fantastic day, coming together with the wider LGBTQIA community in Bristol to promote self-affirmation, dignity and equality rights, and to celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Our Bristol team also raised money for the Bristol Pride charity during Pride Month through a bake sale! The donations from staff added up to £205 which was matched by Scott Logic, resulting in a £410 donation to Bristol Pride. The charity works all year round to challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and to promote equality and diversity for all.
