Life At Instil
Making the most out of your placement with Instil
In this article I will provide key tips for ensuring a successful placement year
New Start Experience at Instil
In this article I will detail the life as a new start at Instil and what it was like working on my first project
Things I've Learned Along The Way
A mantra for a healthy software developer
5 Tips for a Successful Placement
Placement year can be a pretty scary thing; moving out of your comfort zone and into the crazy world of work. Daniel King has just completed his internship with Instil...
NI Dev Conference 2019 Reportage
The Beginnings The Northern Ireland Developer Conference, or more commonly known as NI Dev Conf, first started in 2017 as a platform to bring together the progressively expanding meetup scene...
Inaugural Kotlin Belfast User Group Meetup
At Instil we absolutely love Kotlin. If you’re working on the JVM or Android, we see the move from Java to Kotlin as a complete no-brainer. Internally, we use it...
GDG Dublin: The Kotlin Edition
The Instil team have adopted Kotlin as our go to language for Android and server development. One of the unexpected side effects has been a significant boost in morale. It’s...
AIB Datahack
Prelude An overwhelming sense of anxiety woke me up at 3am. I was ill-prepared for the day ahead, it had been a couple of months since I last dabbled with...
Summary of KotlinConf 2018
For those not familiar with Kotlin, it is one of the new generation of programming languages incrementally taking over from Java. Its creation and continued evolution is driven by JetBrains...
Instil Autumn Outing: Golf Punks
Team Bonding Last week the Instil crew lined up some team ra-ra with the three elements of life: food, beer and sports. The plan was simple; destroy some pizzas, play...