How we improved our sprints when we stopped estimating stories
Written by Andre Schweighofer, Technical Product Owner Despite our best intentions, software projects often get delayed. We, the members of the Premium …
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Consider Change in 2020: New Year, New Role?
By Shona Mulligan, Talent Scout at Runtastic As the clock strikes 12, we party our way in 2020 and start to reflect …
A Year of Change – How 2019 Realigned Runtastic
At Runtastic we believe that the only constant in life is change, especially in our fast-paced industry. We’re quite used to continuously adapting and adjusting our products and the way we do things.
Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary — How Runtastic has Evolved Since 2009
Pop the champagne, Runtastic just celebrated its 10th anniversary! Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to see how far we’ve come and how much the health and fitness company has evolved over the past 10 years.
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 live a more conscientious lifestyle and encourage ourselves to make the world a better place on a small and large scale.
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
The Runtastic app for iPhone has an Apple Watch counterpart that offers the same great tracking experience. On iOS, our persistence layer is managed by a library on top of Apple’s Core Data framework.
How We Reduce Regression Testing to 48 Hours
Imagine any repetitive task you are working on. If you increase the time spent on the task, you would expect a better output — “better” in terms of more quantity or “better” in terms of higher quality.
Joining Runtastic? Here Is What to Expect During Your Onboarding
It’s already been 6 months but I can still remember my first day at Runtastic perfectly. The excitement of joining a new team… and the slight apprehension that comes with every new situation.
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.
