LINK: “Developing our API strategy [at Hackney]”

Writing great APIs demands we use a range of techniques to improve the way we write code. Pair programming, test-driven development and coding in the open are all important attributes of writing great code and therefore making our APIs reusable outside Hackney. Original: https://blogs.hackney.gov.uk/hackit/Developing-our-API-strategy

LINK: “It’ll be different this time – honest! Cabinet Office Minister makes the sales pitch for the outsourcing industry”

There should be a situation where outsourcing in the public sector can be managed appropriately and used to complement in-house service delivery and policy-making. The problem is that such a balance demands in-house skills – and we outsourced all of them! Original: https://government.diginomica.com/2018/06/26/outsourcing_liddington_government/#.WzuS0AW5WUQ.twitter