With a new warning shown to users of older apps, Apple may be signaling that it will stop allowing those apps to run at all in future versions of its mobile operating system. When Apple released iOS 10.1 in late…
Today, in order to kick off Computer Science Education Week, we volunteered with TechPoint Foundation for Youth in their partnership with IPS Harshman Magnet Middle School. The goal was to engage all 500+ of their students in one day! RocketBuild…
"Application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building software and applications." - Wikipedia If you're not a developer or programmer, you may be looking at that sentence and thinking to yourself; I still…
Each month, we award someone who has exceptionally demonstrated one of our core values. They've done an above-and-beyond job of putting their Team First, demonstrating how they're Passionate, had a really tough Goal and crushed it, or in some other…
For many, treating an intern as a team member, let alone a real human being, is a foreign concept. Most interns are tasked with taking out the trash, refilling coffee cups, and walking the boss’ dog. Please don’t get me…
We were recently contacted by Women & Hi Tech who, as a partner with TechPoint Foundation for Youth, reached out encouraging STEM professionals to mentor programs for the Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis. The goal of which is to support the Indianapolis…
It's mythbusting time at RocketBuild HQ, and today we're taking on some myths about developers. We're going to learn what makes them tick (and doesn't), and why some people's preconceived ideas about how developers work are holding their companies back from creating effective development teams…
Next time you're in the RocketBuild offices take a look as you're heading up the stairs. We've added a piece of art which doubles as a the "strengths" section of our resume. Rocket Fueled Each card on the wall has…
I had the chance to attend Inc. Magazine's annual GrowCo conference this year, which is focused on entrepreneurs looking for support and insight on how to grow their businesses. It's a 3-day event attended by people representing all types of…
The Most Worthwhile Journey on the Path to Code Enlightenment If you look at the bottom of the page on wordpress.org, you’ll see the words “Code is Poetry” in gray capital letters. I’ve been using WordPress since 2005, and for…
Colin Von Grimmenstein started with RocketBuild in October of 2014. Q: What is your role at RocketBuild? A: Developer Q: What do you do for fun? A: One of my favorite things to do for fun is rock climbing.…
Developers at RocketBuild have a consistent routine during the morning work hours. Come into the office, get setup at your desk (or couch if you're at home), maybe clean up some leftover tasks from yesterday, and probably drink coffee or…