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Things I have learned about Tech Leadership

Things I have learned about Tech Leadership

I have now been a Software Engineering Team Lead on the BBC Sounds mobile apps team for 4 years. So what have I learned from this…
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Polly McEldowney
Feb 21, 2024

Getting inspired at the BBC Engineering Conference

The BBC’s Engineering teams develop and run our digital products at scale — ensuring our digital services are available and accessible to…
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David Andrade
Nov 17, 2022
Hello from Delivery at the BBC

Hello from Delivery at the BBC

At the start of the year I took up a job as Head of Delivery for BBC Product Group as part of a new cross discipline leadership team led by…
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Sara Bowley
Oct 14, 2022
UK Bank Holidays with Pandas on Jupyter

UK Bank Holidays with Pandas on Jupyter

How I learned to manipulate JSON data with Pandas on a Jupyter Notebook and deconstruct it to a DataFrame ready for queries.
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Simone Spaccarotella
Sep 8, 2022
Optimising BBC Online’s Code Splitting Strategy

Optimising BBC Online’s Code Splitting Strategy

Modern JavaScript websites are the result of complex code bases, and the code base which powers BBC Online is no exception
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Matt Williams
May 30, 2022
BBC Online — A year with serverless

BBC Online — A year with serverless

Reflecting on our progress of moving the BBC’s website to serverless and outlining whats next for the project.
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Johnathan Ishmael
Mar 29, 2022
Refactor → Organisation

Refactor → Organisation

Changing the organisation — to build the technology right
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Graeme Lindsay
Mar 7, 2022
It’s time we all started thinking of BBC’s Engineering as one of the best in the world

It’s time we all started thinking of BBC’s Engineering as one of the best in the world

That’s a bold statement I know, but let me explain exactly why I believe this is true, and why I’m so passionate about it. The BBC which is…
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David Andrade
Feb 23, 2022
My First 30 days as a Product Manager at the BBC

My First 30 days as a Product Manager at the BBC

Much like David Attenborough I was not successful on my first application to the BBC , however I was not dissuaded and applied again…
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Louise Ankers
Feb 15, 2022
BBC Hack Week

BBC Hack Week

Innovation at the BBC
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David Buckhurst
Feb 10, 2022
Scaling: Part 3 — Minimising scaling headaches

Scaling: Part 3 — Minimising scaling headaches

Explore how we can minimise scaling headaches by using an asynchronous static publishing approach.
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Jonathan Parkin
Feb 1, 2022
Scaling: Part 2 — Not scaling, scaling delays, and caching

Scaling: Part 2 — Not scaling, scaling delays, and caching

Explore if scaling is worth doing in your system, challenges caused by scaling delays, and how caching can help by minimising work…
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Jonathan Parkin
Jan 27, 2022
Scaling: Part 1 — Mental models

Scaling: Part 1 — Mental models

Explore some metaphors for talking about how and why we perfom scaling of software systems within cloud computing.
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Jonathan Parkin
Jan 19, 2022
The BBC, its Products, Data and I

The BBC, its Products, Data and I

I’m Hannes Ricklefs, and I’ve recently taken on a new role as Lead Architect in the BBC’s Product Group. The BBC is a fascinating place and…
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Hannes Ricklefs
Jan 13, 2022
Sounds Web Next: a “persistent player” prototype for BBC Sounds

Sounds Web Next: a “persistent player” prototype for BBC Sounds

In order to listen to any audio content on the BBC Sounds website, you need to be on the so called “play” (or “playback”) page.
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Simone Spaccarotella
Dec 21, 2021
Solving the problem with NPM Link and React Hooks

Solving the problem with NPM Link and React Hooks

React Hooks are a welcome addition to React 16.8, but come with a significant drawback for local development when NPM Link is also being…
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Henry Warne
Nov 12, 2021
Shifting left: how introducing accessibility earlier helps the BBC’s design system

Shifting left: how introducing accessibility earlier helps the BBC’s design system

Have you ever come across a component in a library or design system that seems to do… everything?
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Sophie Beaumont
May 10, 2021
Rebuilding the BBC moderation platform

Rebuilding the BBC moderation platform

Creating an amazing space for audience participation!
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James Collerton
Apr 30, 2021
You don’t have to be serious to be serious

You don’t have to be serious to be serious

Tammy Gur explains why playfulness is key to creativity, team health, and social capital — and how BBC UX&D reintroduced playfulness…
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Tammy Gur
Apr 22, 2021
Quality engineering for a shared codebase.

Quality engineering for a shared codebase.

Introduction
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Abigael Ombaso
Mar 19, 2021
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