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Twitter account run by the Tech team at @OVOEnergy. Sharing thoughts and views on all things technology. All thoughts are our own.

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Definitely worth a read on your coffee break is our latest blog article written by our Senior UX Designer!
https://t.co/kFEPGKOa8J

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This was the last article of our advent calendar. We managed to write 24 articles, a perfect score thanks to our amazing 31 contributors. Hopefully you found something interesting to read.
Marry Xmas!

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Advent calendar day 24: Abraham, Daniel, Trevell and Michael share with us how they control charging of an electric vehicle with D2EV. If you are interested how smart charging can be achieved without a SmartCharger have a read https://t.co/gGm8AOxyj6

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Advent calendar day 23: How can you improve communication with users? Use comics! @gaianriva shares with us her comics about joining a new supplier. It's an entertaining way to share information, have a look https://t.co/MbmHC4GnHr

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Advent calendar day 22: If you want to learn about user research, read this great introduction by @Ange40112930 What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative research; user and market research, all covered here https://t.co/HGddoch5HA

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Advent calendar day 21: @NinaMcNamara and Gavin https://t.co/5wj3WIoZ0W wrote about partnership between Design, Product and Engineering. Read how it changed over time to enable better collaboration https://t.co/6hLtP7yc3d

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Advent calendar day 20: We all enjoy autonomy and ownership, but how do you make sure teams' decisions won't have negative impact on the platform and performance of other teams? Read Liam's post about helping teams deliver value to customers. https://t.co/J1U3meNsZG

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Advent calendar day 19: People at OVO come from different paths in life, it's not surprising @monicachen127 used to design Barbie Dolls. Read what key learnings help Monica in her current role, designing for the energy sector https://t.co/mbTFfqPR7l

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Advent calendar doesn't mean that normal life at OVO stopped. If you are looking for the Year in Industry experience @harries_tudor shares with us his top tips on landing first software engineering job and making sure it's fruitful https://t.co/VG4QCeXCRM

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Advent calendar day 18: A Xmas theme this time, let's track Santa with a Santa Tracker Google API. @LyleDean shows us how he modified Google tutorial about Flutter and Google Maps to display Santa's locations on the map https://t.co/SIP3e2S9AN

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Advent calendar day 17: Understanding tools we are using is very important. Today Eleanor takes us on a journey inside Terraform based on a problem with access control on GCP Cloud Storage she experienced recently https://t.co/fvGlvswUew

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Advent calendar day 16: If you are interested in statistics about deployments at OVO, Tom has got you covered! Comparison of last few years and split by teams and languages, not to mention Tom's humorous writing https://t.co/cmYUSMIIQm

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Advent calendar day 15: We run retrospectives after sprints, what about a retro focused on work experience? What matters more as you go? What is your focus as a software engineer? Thoughts shared by @badmanbird https://t.co/D04gltuw8i

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Advent calendar day 14: Functional programming, abstractions and logic, what more could you ask for? Monty takes a look at "The Art of Logic", explains how it links to functional programming and how to up your FP game https://t.co/8rp5DGerUE

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Advent calendar day 13: If you are interested in running a remote Design Sprint, have a look what @PaulMatson_ has to say about it. You will learn what to do on different days and what tools are useful https://t.co/dGeASKXtXy

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Advent calendar day 12: Half way there already! When shifting energy consumption good graphs say more than words. Read about team's journey to clear visualisations by Richard https://t.co/zpB5d14RNd

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Advent calendar day 11: @Soph_LWC shares with us what the Product Principles are, why they are important and how you can create them with your team. You get to see OVO Home Services' Product Principles in this post https://t.co/Oepihkfzq3

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Advent calendar day 10: To build a successful service you have to understand your users. Learn from @giuseppeburdo how to gather knowledge and use it to improve user experience. https://t.co/oOWGEVHz4D

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Advent calendar day 9: Distributed systems come with a lot of challenges. If you want to read about different approaches and how to improve consistency check out @peter_wilkins's post https://t.co/LnfF5lkMbp

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Advent calendar day 8: @alexveale and Alena share with us their top 5 tips for new Product Managers. Read what helped them and what they've learned on the way https://t.co/VIXtR4dTUY