Posts tagged with Apps:
Monday, 22 December 2025
Faster, cheaper, messier: lessons from our switch to self-hosted GitHub Actions
Simone SmithAt The Guardian, like many engineering teams, we rely heavily on CI/CD pipelines to keep our software fresh, secure, and reliable for our users. Our workflows hinge on GitHub Actions, so when things go wrong or get expensive, the impacts are felt quickly. This is the story of why we moved away from GitHub-hosted runners to using our own self-hosted runners, what the process involved, and what we’ve learned along the way.
Friday, 6 February 2015
How we reimagined search for the Guardian app in one day
Helene SearsNeil Gaiman once said “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” Here’s how we went about trying to become the librarian.
Monday, 29 September 2014
Pitfalls and prizes of ensuring quality mobile apps
Jonathan Hare-WintonBringing quality to the new Guardian mobile app went far beyond traditional QA practices
Thursday, 19 June 2014
A Tale Of Two Users
Mario Andrade, Penny AllenBuilding a new mobile app for the Guardian was a journey of discovery on balancing the needs of both our editorial team and our readers.
Monday, 9 June 2014
Experience the best of the Guardian World Cup coverage with our new mobile app
Marc JonesHow to make the most of the football features in the new Guardian mobile app during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Apps Mobile phones Tablet computers World Cup World Cup 2014
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Engineering the iOS Guardian news app 3.0
Petr KrojzlLast week we released a new generation of the free Guardian news app for phones and this time around for tablets as well, a culmination of almost a year of engineering. And it’s a beauty, much loved by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide just in the first few days. We’re absolutely thrilled by all the positive feedback
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Exciting changes for the Guardian app are just around the corner
Tom GrinstedThe culmination of over a year’s worth of work, a brand new app experience is launching this week, and we wanted to give you a sneak peek
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Guardian Eyewitness iPad app updated
Martin RedingtonUpgrade to our Eyewitness app for iPad improves the interface and speeds up photo downloading
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Getting noticed in the iTunes App Store
Michael MayMichael May on data made available to app developers from Apple
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Microapps and the Art of Widget Maintenance
Dan CattThe rather strange practice of killing your own servers by pointing Guardian traffic at them, and how not to let that happen ... otherwise known as what I learnt about caching in a very short space of time
