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Are your developers AI ready (part 3)? Embedding a security mindset
In the age of AI tooling, engineering and delivery teams must adopt a security-first in all their and their co-pilot's...
26 May 2025
How terrible code can lead to imposter syndrome. And what to do about it.
How good developers can be struck by imposter syndrome when working on terrible code. And what to do about it....
26 March 2025
Weaving cyber security into your everyday
How to weave cyber security into your everyday software engineering practices
24 January 2025
And the award for the BEST programming language goes to...
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we talk language choices, dogma and blindspots
2 December 2024
A bicycle for the mind - how to find useful knowledge in a flood of content
How to find useful knowledge in an overwhelming flood of "content"
26 July 2024
Travel hardened lessons for software engineers. Always wear sunscreen!
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we're embracing summer.
11 July 2024
Do you write good? The power of the written word in software
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we talk about writing
27 June 2024
Calming the turbulence in the winds of cybersecurity-related threats
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we're talking cyber security
13 June 2024
Insert scream here - finding the time and inclination to fix flaws in the system
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week finding the time and inclination to fix the...
28 May 2024
The complexity of front-end development
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we're talking front development
16 May 2024
How do we grow leadership skills?
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we're focusing on leadership skills
2 May 2024
Security by intention - how to improve your security culture through small steps
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we're focusing on security
18 April 2024
Those quarterly objectives
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks - this week we're focusing on performance
4 April 2024
Two brains better than one?
Links to useful technical content, published every 2-3 weeks from our learning team - this week we're just kicking things...
21 March 2024
How to run a successful software engineering graduate academy
We have been running graduate academies for 15 years. Here are the secrets to how we make them a success.
15 December 2022
The Edutainment Problem
In this post Garth Gilmour ponders the problem of 'Edutainment' and whether or not trainers need to be entertainers.
24 September 2021
Should Developers be Ignorant?
Garth discusses his belief that junior developers should be given a safe space of blissful ignorance to play in, and...
7 December 2020
Can Remote Training Sessions Work For You?
This is the fourth post in our series on distributed classroom training, this time written by our associate trainer, and...
29 June 2020
Instil Recommends Turns Fifty
A summary of of the talks and videos highlighted in our Instil Recommends series.
22 June 2020
10 reasons why WebStorm is better than VS Code
Ok, ok, I know the title is contentious but don't start with me. I've been locked up for over 9...
18 May 2020
The Delusions Of Developers
Lessons from the Dot-com Bust we need to relearn
10 May 2020
Is The Classroom Dead?
With the pandemic in full-swing and ways of working changing, will any of us ever set foot in a classroom...
1 May 2020
Responding to Change and Following a Plan
COVID-19 has disrupted everything. As with just about everyone, Instil are being challenged to find a suitable response. Here's...
17 April 2020
Virtual-classroom Training from Instil
Maintaining the Instil approach of tailored training and individual coaching when we can't be together in a classroom
17 April 2020
Thinking of the days, those serverless days you gave me
There’s something very special about a single-day, single-track, single-topic conference in your home city that offers a day of learning,...