Making the most of Cypress.io

Here at Caplin, we loosely adhere to the principles of the testing pyramid. That is, we limit the number of tests that are typically time consuming (to write, run and maintain) and ...Read More

Hackday 2021 – Electroshock Therapy

This month, Caplin held its biannual hackday event. Developers got into teams of up to 3 and had 24 hours to produce something befitting this year's theme: Speed. Along with my colleague Andrew Voneshen we formed the team “Driving Miss ...Read More

Release Watcher – Hackday Project

At predetermined times during the trading week economic data is released that can immediately impact the markets bringing spikes in liquidity and volatility. One only needs to look at the reaction of the British pound to the June Nonfarm Payroll number, ...Read More

Project Dashboard – Part 1

With dozens of products in development at any one point in time, staying informed of the overall health of current projects can be like trying to count cards at a 6 deck blackjack table while the croupier sings the 12 days ...Read More