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Software for a Sustainable Future

We are in a climate emergency. The planet is heating up, nature is being decimated, weather systems are destabilising, and pollution is intensifying. Humanity must address this, or nothing else…

Jamie Matthews

June 13, 2024

What Software engineers really think about AI

We asked Will, one of our engineers, some quick fire questions about what he really thinks about working with AI and to gain some insight into how AI can help…

Mark Aaron

June 4, 2024

Do you do AI at DabApps?

This is a question we get asked a lot, and the short answer is – yes! AI has been in development for decades, but with the recent increase in visibility…

Chloe Ward-Smith

May 14, 2024

Optimising Django Queries – Django Chat with Jamie Matthews

I was recently privileged enough to be asked to make an appearance on Django Chat, a popular podcast that consists of long-form interviews with members of the Django community. We…

Jamie Matthews

January 14, 2022

DabApps Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training

We now have 2 Mental Health First Aid champions! Chris and I went on a one day course from Mental Health First Aid England and a couple more colleagues are…

Ali Jarvis

February 18, 2020

Welcome to our new website

A New Look Since our beginnings, way back in 2010, we have worked hard to build awareness of the DabApps brand. It’s important to us that our potential customers and…

Chris Palk

March 14, 2018

Tom Christie funded to work full-time on open source

During his four years as Technical Lead with us, Tom Christie has made huge contributions to our client projects as well as our technical strategy and direction. Most importantly of…

Jamie Matthews

June 13, 2016

Why I use Markdown for Documentation

This post is in response to an article from last week – Why You Shouldn’t Use “Markdown” for Documentation. I use Markdown daily for working with project documentation. Django REST…

Tom Christie

June 8, 2016

Clean Drinking Water – Doing Our Bit

We’re aware that keeping our staff members hydrated will aid them to perform at their very best throughout the work day. As a result, we decided to invest in water…

Caroline Pickering

February 15, 2016

DabApps – RAR Digital Award Finalist!

Following a huge couple of years in business and incredible feedback from the people who matter most – our clients – we thought it was high-time we put ourselves in…

Catrina Baker-Bassett

July 28, 2015