...writing code. It involves analysing the specific problem I’m trying to solve, making sense of the code that’s already there, discussing different technical solutions with colleagues, running tests and reviewing...
Alfie Dennen Saisakul Chernbumroong When the Incubator for AI (I.AI) team retired their Redbox codebase in December 2025, DBT had already diverged substantially from that original work. What began as...
...Computing Platform. We code in the open by default. All software we release to the public is under Open Government Licence or equivalent. Our developers work in multidisciplinary agile teams...
...this means we have the right tools for the job of promoting UK exports, attracting foreign investment and developing trade policy, it’s a real challenge for data protection. Or, at...
...released open-source code on which our own code depends. To benefit from community contributions, encourage reuse across government, and to work transparently in the public interest, we also publish our...
Jamie Laing In an era where technology can redefine how we work, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is embracing generative AI to enhance our operations to better serve...
...from the department. Great.gov.uk is helping more businesses every year, with a 16% increase in users between 2021 and 2022, and a 30% increase between 2022 and 2023. In Q4...
...or we weren’t sure whether their laptop needed to be replaced. Things which we couldn’t fix using code, we needed users to tell us. This meant that we couldn’t simply...
...the team built and prototyped an Alpha of what would become Data Hub. Now in Public Beta, the service has over 2,000 monthly users, capturing over 1,000 interactions daily and...
...forward-thinking process. It is about helping teams build better services, not just pass a test. In this blog, we will share how we have matured the process, and what we...
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