Longreads from the Rocketship

Code refactoring is the process of refining the code itself, without changing what it does. The point is to make it easier for developers to use, understand, and work on the code.

Although it may not be as exciting as other parts of the development process, code refactoring is crucial for the long-term maintenance and expansion of software. Most software is too complex to handle for any significant duration, unless developers work to simplify it and make it easier to understand.

Regular refactoring is a top priority for our developers. It helps us help our clients, whose web and mobile applications need to be constantly up-to-date and secure.

There was exciting news from the Ruby on Rails camp this week with the announcement of The Rails Foundation, a new non-profit dedicated to improving the documentation, education, marketing, and events in our ecosystem to the benefit of all new and existing Rails developers.

The foundation was started by eight founding core members – Cookpad, Doximity, Fleetio, GitHub, Intercom, Procore, Shopify, and 37signals – who endowed it with $1 million in seed funding. This funding will benefit the foundation’s work to ensure a “prosperous ecosystem that continues to improve, and becomes even more attractive to newcomers going forward.”

Offering an app can be a great way to connect with your customers. They can provide services such as technical support, data transfer, location discovery, and more.

Businesses that want an app for themselves face a choice: Web App or Mobile App?

The financial industry has long been at the forefront of technological development. Centuries ago, it led to the discovery of logarithms and decimal numbers. More recently, it adopted computers and the internet decades before the general public.

Today, technology continues to drive finance. Some key areas of modern financial technology include:

• Customer Relations Management

• Robotic Process Automation

• Blockchain

• API Platforms

How Tech Leaders Are Tackling Digital Transformation Amidst Talent Shortages & Economic Uncertainty

While the entire C-suite has been tested over the last couple years, few roles have been impacted as much as the role of the CIO and CTO. Tasked with scaling their organizations’ digitization efforts, these tech leaders have been in the eye of the storm since the onset of the pandemic, with its fallout causing companies to grapple with the many challenges and complexities that have arisen since.