Matthew FordinBit Zesty | UX, Ruby on Rails, Digital DevelopmentHow best to support & maintain your Ruby on Rails applicationEnsure that your RoR application remains usable, secure, and cost-effective in the long-term with these crucial support steps.6 min read·Aug 31, 2018----
Matthew FordHow to write a CV for a graduate/intern jobHaving screened thousands of CV’s for various positions, I thought I would share a few pro tips to make your CV stand out from the crowd.3 min read·Aug 3, 2018----
Matthew FordinBit Zesty | UX, Ruby on Rails, Digital DevelopmentG-Cloud 10: Bit Zesty renewed as a supplier of digital services to UK GovBit Zesty has renewed its status on G-Cloud 10 as an approved supplier of digital services to the public sector and UK Government.2 min read·Jul 4, 2018----
Matthew FordWhere are you from?This is a talk I will be giving as part of Toastmasters, speech 1 - Icebreaker.5 min read·Mar 26, 2018----
Matthew FordinCandle MakingWhat equipment do you need to start making candles?After taking a candle making course here in London, I was inspired to start making candles at home. One the first question that comes up is…4 min read·Mar 11, 2018----
Matthew FordinBit Zesty | UX, Ruby on Rails, Digital DevelopmentSoftware update: New features in Ruby on Rails 5.2Ruby on Rails (RoR) is our technology of choice for building web applications. Find out the new features for version 5.2 in this post.3 min read·Jan 19, 2018----
Matthew FordinVigilion BlogAbout VigilionWe launched in 2015 as an API to help Government digital services to comply with data security requirements.1 min read·Jun 5, 2017----
Matthew FordinBit Zesty | UX, Ruby on Rails, Digital DevelopmentLessons learned migrating the Trade Tariff service to the government PaaSWe migrated the HMRC Trade Tariff to the PaaS for the UK Government. In this post, we discuss what we learnt from this project.4 min read·Nov 8, 2016----
Matthew FordinBit Zesty | UX, Ruby on Rails, Digital DevelopmentMoving the first live service to the Platform as a Service for governmentThe GOV.UK Trade Tariff provides rates for importing and exporting goods. We explain why it was the first service to move to the Gov PaaS.4 min read·Oct 31, 2016----
Matthew FordContinuous Deployment with CircleCI and ConvoxDeploying from CircleCI to Convox is quite simple, you need to specify your Convox API key as the environment variable CONVOX_PASSWORD in…1 min read·Apr 14, 2016----