Rubyroid Labs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CMO of Villatel

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Luxury vacation resorts

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Website development

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

• Clutch Site
• Other

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Ruby Roids were our internal dev agency for our ecomm website.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Ontime delivery of the website.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Ontime delivery

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their flexibility to adapt to changes was impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

n/a

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the MyVeloFit of CEO

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We use AI to analyze and improve the position of cyclists. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Design and implement a custom LLM chat feature

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

Medium Article

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

Company values aligned

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Design and implement a LLM based chat feature. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Regular updates and PRs

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Project management was excellent - they were efficient and timely in all communcations and project deliveries. 

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Rubyroid Labs was great to work with. They had excellent team dynamics and extremely quick turnaround.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

None. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Head of Marketing & Innovation of a financial services company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Fintech Company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

Platform Development

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

good developers

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Revamp of the current Platform

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Cards/task deployed in productions

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

yes all good

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We were impressed with their communication with all the coordinators of the project.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

all good

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Product Manager of an Accounting Software Company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Developed by accountants, for accountants, we are a productivity software that helps accountants become trusted advisors through collaboration and knowledge sharing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Hire a developer

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

Referral

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Drive product development and commercialization along with leadership team
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based software
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards
• Project management skills including self-discipline and management, prioritization and effective decision making
• Must be able to work independently and with a team
• Must be interested in working at a growing start-up in a fast-paced environment

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Completing all tickets assigned within the sprint, within reason.
• Showing up to meetings on time

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They always delivered on time. No handholding was required and he always asked for clarification when needed. He was also proactive in suggesting better solutions.

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The calibre of developers we've worked with from that company are impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

N/A

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Tech Manager of an information technology company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Web hosting and support for web hosting companies

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Correct issues with our system
• Update our platform
• Handle backend tasks

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

Online Search

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Updating our platform and the underlying software 
• Correcting errors and bugs in our platform 
• Handling backend tasks in our platform 
• Investigating and correcting server issues 
• Attack mitigation

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Bugs and errors that were happening in our platform were corrected 
• Improve performance and speeds with our platform 
• Outdated software and information updated to the current

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

• Very responsive and quick to communicate with us 
• Work and requests were handled very quickly

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• Knowledge of the agent handling our work 
• Fast response time to questions and issues 
• They conduct a thorough investigation of issues/errors we experience and correct them in a timely manner.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

No, there is nothing that they could have done differently or anything that they can improve on.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Engineering of Magoosh

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Magoosh is an online test preparation and college/graduate admissions company that educates students through audio/video lessons, practice test questions, and online support.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Integration with learning management systems
• General product support
• Tackling technical debt

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

Referral

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Integration with Schoology learning management system 
• Full end-to-end integration with our product and Schoology, including syncing of school/class rosters, single sign-on, syncing student grades on work in Magoosh back to Schoology 
• Has enabled our sales team to work with new customers that are on the Schoology platform General product support 
• Full engineering implementation on numerous smaller projects such as collecting sales tax, demo versions of our product for use in the sales process, integration with Meta's conversion API, new internal admin features to streamline workflows, Tackle technical debt
• Transition off of technologies no longer used for new development, but still in the legacy codebase - Update gems and packages

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Rubyroid has enabled our very small software engineering team to deliver more features to support our company's business goals. This has led to higher user engagement, new customers in our sales pipeline, and new tools for our marketing team to use to optimize conversion. Additionally, Rubyroid's engineers have allowed us to make progress on accumulated technical debt.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Rubyroid Labs has been excellent with timelines and communication. We have direct contact in our company's Slack and communicate daily about ongoing work and new projects. We give feedback on work through Github PR review and Rubyroid is responsive in addressing our comments. 
They are also good at communicating when something is not going well, which I appreciate. For example, if the project spec doc contains something that isn't compatible with our systems, or if they are having trouble with a part of our codebase and need a partner. It has led to a good working relationship and code.

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I have been continually impressed by Rubyroid developers' ability to work with our large, existing codebase. They are able to implement new features that touch many files, track down bugs, and make technical changes with minimal guidance. I also appreciate that our specific developers have shifted their work hours to provide some overlap with our company's work day. This allows for much faster communication.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

So far, nothing comes to mind.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of Essential Meal Delivery

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We prepare chef made meals.The art of a chef and the science of nutrition brought together

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Pickup Feature

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

Email Marketing

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

Great culture fit

How many teammates from Rubyroid Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The team was tasked with adapting a platform to allow our customers to pickup meals. It involve updating our menu selection, email communications and pricing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Yes. The new feature works as intended

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The project was delivered on time. They responded to questions in a timely manner and gave solutions when needed

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The team and the time taken to learn about my business and how it works. Listening is so valuable

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

Budgeting the allocated time and being intuitive to the needs of the end result

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Executive manager of Executive, Custom Software Development Company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Custom software development

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rubyroid Labs to accomplish?

• Ruby on Rails
• React development and redesign

SOLUTION

How did you find Rubyroid Labs?

Online Search

Why did you select Rubyroid Labs over others?

• Company values aligned
• Other

What was the size of Rubyroid Labs’s team?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

After a thorough review of the customer's solution, Rubyroid's UX/UI designer, Anna, made a list of ways to make it better. The aim was to enhance the end-user's item discovery process and create a personalized shopping experience.

Rubyroid Labs provided support in transforming the admin panel and refactoring some legacy code, which made the project more stable. They also included a customized quiz to gather insights into potential clients' interests and requirements, enabling us to tailor their shopping experience accordingly.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• The marketplace has been successfully redesigned to meet the customer's requirements, and has received positive feedback regarding its functionality, usability, and navigation.
• he behavior and conversion rate of users are crucial success metrics, and they have demonstrated positive results.
• Additionally, we had to address issues related to legacy code and order processing

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Their project management style has proven to be effective, as they were able to stay within the expected timelines and budget. Communication between our teams was transparent, with Jira being utilized to manage the project, and Slack being used for daily communication. Although daily meetings were brief, they were still informative.

What was your primary form of communication with Rubyroid Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We were particularly impressed with the quality of work delivered by their designer, as well as the speed at which their engineers were able to contribute to the project. As of now, our customer hasn't provided any feedback for areas of improvement, as they did an outstanding job and demonstrated only positive qualities.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Rubyroid Labs could have done differently?

Not at this time.They’ve done a great job.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the co-founder of klarx.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rubyroid Labs, and what were your goals?

We added two Senior Ruby Developers to our internal Software Development team. The goal was to increase resources to deliver more features in time.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We have had very good experience with Rubyroid over a couple of years now. They have a technically strong team and are very professional in handling project work.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Developing complex work streams and processes in our rental platform. With a stack of Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL and React JS.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We hired two Senior Developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We onboarded both developers in days and they delivered significant impact very soon.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Scrum based project management with Trello, Github and Slack as communication tools.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We're impressed with their professionalism and technical skill set.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I own a company that will offer an online Spanish course.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rubyroid Labs, and what were your goals?

The original prototype that was created for the course was incomplete and needed lots of work before it could be published.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Rubyroid Labs seemed like a reliable company that I could trust to help with this project.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We first began to work on the layout of the website, and then we moved onto the actual creation of the website. We plan to finish the project once potential customers provide feedback to the work that has been done so far.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We had one tech lead, one design lead, one designer, and two developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We have made great progress with the project's development, and we will plan on completing the project when we have customer feedback and more funding.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We had a chat through Slack which was very useful, and we had several spreadsheets that outlined the costs as well as an application that tracked the status of specific tasks.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

All of the team members I had were very polite and helpful.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I am very happy I chose to work with Rubyroid labs.