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Terence [email protected]@nhsx.nhs.uk
Open Source atGovernment Digital ServicesandNHSX
What we learnt open sourcing the UK government
GOV.UK Story
Before GOV.UK
Why do this?
Cheaper, faster, more secure, morally right.
£1 in every £3 to be spent with Small Business
Need to visit someone in prison?
39%More likely to reoffend if not visited
https://www.gov.uk/performance/prison-visits
Child benefit tax calculator
Open Source Attracts Talented Developers.
Excuses we've heard...
"Open Source is not secure enough!"
"Our work is too sensitive, we can’t use open source!"
"What if we accidentally commit secret keys?"
Security tools can be coded in the open
https://github.com/hmrc/leak-detection
"What if other countries steal our code?"
Our process
Downsides when coding in the open
GDS
People can be nervous showing their code to the public
GDS
Sometimes external people have questioned choices without having the full context
GDS
To make this easier we do a lot of pairing and we have guidelines to make a pull request
Community
GDS
Our code is released under MIT License
Thank you!Terence [email protected]@nhsx.nhs.uk