Tales from the Wild: Hunting and Squashing Production Bugs
The morning of the release was fun. I had just arrived at my desk and my colleague said, “The workers are down.”…
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Runtastic at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2018
In his five years at Runtastic, our iOS Dev Dominik has visited the WeAreDevelopers Congress in Vienna three times already. Not just …
5 Lessons Learned From Running Automated Tests on a Data Warehouse
“Testing? A database?” you might ask. “Yes! We do!” There is a lot of code directly inside a database …
Inside Kotlin Collections. Part 3
by Andrew Khrystian, Software Engineer Android @Runtastic In the two previous articles we talked about collections structure and all the possible ways …
Basic Overview of Static and Dynamic Frameworks on iOS
Applications tend to grow and so does their source code. Hence, structuring the codebase into manageable components is vital…
MessageBus – Using a Message Bus to Decouple Our Services and Allow Scaling
Written by Martin Führlinger, Software Engineer Backend Why decoupling our services matters As I already described in my last blog-post about database …
Inspiring Career Advice from Women Leaders at Runtastic
Who runs the world? While Beyoncé fans have no doubt that it’s girls, the numbers, unfortunately, tell a different story. Throughout the …
Design Agile >> How to Work with the Scrum Methodology in UI/UX Design
Written by Oliver Schellner, UI/UX Designer Why agile? – A little bit of history Nearly a year ago, we decided to transition …
Inside Kotlin Collections. Part 2
by Andrew Khrystian, Software Engineer Android @Runtastic Hope you enjoyed the first part of my story about Kotlin collections. In the second …
Our Android Way to Fail-Safe Automated Test Runs Through Data Snapshots
by Valentin Martinet Software Engineer Android At Runtastic, our goal has always been to support our users in being the best version …
7 Recruiting Tips to Scrap When Applying at Runtastic
We really appreciate our candidates preparing themselves before applying. However, lots of application training courses and blog posts like “5 Ways to …
First Steps to Implement a Neural Network Model Using Theano and Lasagne
by Ghadir Eraisha, Data Scientist @ Runtastic Neural network models have seen dramatic improvements over the last decade. First, due to technological …
The Runtastic TeamPage — Why a Side Project Is Always Worth It
Written by Niklas Hösl, Software Engineer Backend You might never have heard about this piece of software developed at Runtastic, but for …
Internal S3 Storage for Media Files on Top of Ceph Storage Technology
by Gerhard Sulzberger, Infrastructure Engineer @Runtastic As a member of the Infrastructure team, it’s always exciting to work with new technologies in …
Kotlin Collections Inside. Part 1
by Andrew Khrystian, Software Engineer Android @Runtastic We use collection every day in Java/Android development for different purposes: modifying data collections and …
Our Top Nine Learnings from Migrating from RxJava 1 to RxJava 2
by Roman Zavarnitsyn, Software Engineer Android @Runtastic At Runtastic we’re using RxJava to establish functional and reactive programming patterns. Modern mobile apps …
Migrating Runtastic iOS Apps to Swift 4
by Manuel Lopes Software Engineer iOS @ Runtastic Earlier today I was wondering what adjective would best evoke the emotional landscape surrounding …