Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary — How Runtastic has Evolved Since 2009
By Orlane Murat, Talent Scout at Runtastic Pop the champagne, Runtastic just celebrated its 10th anniversary! Let’s take a stroll down memory …
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Being Agents of Change at Runtastic
At Runtastic, our vision is “Through sports we have the power to change lives.” This means that we aim to help others …
Warm Farewell for the Win: How We Create a Positive Offboarding Experience at Runtastic
Finding and binding great talent (and more importantly lovely humans) is the key goal of Runtastic’s Human Relations team and we pride …
The Hidden Cost of Core Data Managed Relationships
Written by Louis Debaere, Software Engineer watchOS Introduction: a shared database library The Runtastic app for iPhone has an Apple Watch counterpart …
How We Reduce Regression Testing to 48 Hours
Written by Manuel Kaiser, Software Tester Imagine any repetitive task you are working on. If you increase the time spent on the …
Joining Runtastic? Here Is What to Expect During Your Onboarding
By Orlane Murat, Talent Scout at Runtastic It’s already been 6 months but I can still remember my first day at Runtastic …
Quality Time at Runtastic — How We Spend Time Together
When asking a Runtastic employee what they enjoy most about working at Runtastic, you are likely to hear things like the technology, …
How Runtastic Developers Chose the Proper Architecture for Our Android Apps
There are millions of thoughts about the architecture; each solution could lead to hours of discussions.
Feedback: Why It’s More Than Just Another Buzzword
“Feedback is a gift” – tired of that phrase? We feel you. Here’s why we at Runtastic still believe this saying is …
MessageBus – How We Improved Managing Our Dead Letter Queue
In my previous posts about the message bus, I wrote about using RabbitMQ for decoupling our services and how we defined our message content.
Opening Portals to the Database: Making Core Data Easy
Working with databases on iOS can be difficult. Powerful but complex APIs can be a reason for subtle mistakes, slow development, and hard verification of code.
Balancing Career and Family at Runtastic
How do we as a company deal with these challenges and how do our Runtastic parents juggle family and career?
Git Workflows: Should Rebasing Become a Habit for Developers?
I believe that many of us are missing out on the more advanced features of Git. Are they needed or can we cover our bases without them?
MessageBus – Handling Dead Letters in RabbitMQ Using a Dead-letter Exchange
A message can become a dead letter for various reasons. I want to provide more insights into dead letter handling.
One Sprint from the Perspective of the Quality Assurance Team
In our last post we talked about how Quality Assurance works at Runtastic. This post continues the journey by telling you the “behind the scenes”…
Why Attending a Coding Challenge is Definitely Worth It
Putting your coding skills to the test in a coding challenge gives you the chance to prove yourself and your expertise. Here’s how it works…
RuntastiCARES – How We Take (Corporate) Social Responsibility
At Runtastic, we believe in giving everybody the chance to live a more aware and active lifestyle, leading to a longer, happier …
