Rumble Fish

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of N/A

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Fintech

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rumble Fish to accomplish?

• Go To Market
• Build MVP

SOLUTION

How did you find Rumble Fish?

Online Search

Why did you select Rumble Fish over others?

High ratings

How many teammates from Rumble Fish were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The project involved developing a scalable platform, including backend architecture, API integration, and a user-friendly frontend. Key deliverables included a functional platform with maintainable code. The team also provided specialized consulting for critical challenges and maintained regular communication for efficient execution.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Over the course of our year-long collaboration, we experienced mixed results. While some developers exceeded expectations with exceptional work and dedication, others struggled with inconsistent communication and accountability. Despite attempts to refine scope, tasks, and budgets, we faced ongoing fee increases, often beyond agreed-upon terms. These challenges, compounded by timezone differences, impacted project management and progress, limiting measurable success to isolated contributions rather than consistent outcomes.

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

The project management experience was generally challenging. While some developers demonstrated outstanding performance and exceeded expectations, others struggled with communication and adherence to timelines. Our project management team was often required to step in and manage tasks across time zones, sometimes staying awake outside of normal working hours to ensure milestones were met. Despite our efforts to address issues, delays and fee increases were frequent, highlighting a lack of consistency in their approach. While certain developers delivered exceptional results, the overall management process did not meet our expectations for smooth and efficient execution.

What was your primary form of communication with Rumble Fish?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The most impressive aspect of this company was the caliber of certain developers, who consistently went above and beyond to deliver exceptional work. Their technical expertise and dedication stood out, making a significant positive impact on the project. While the overall experience had its challenges, the contributions of these developers showed a high level of skill and professionalism that impressed us.

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

Rumble Fish could have significantly improved project management and communication consistency. A more structured approach to timelines and deliverables, with clearer accountability, would have minimized the need for constant oversight and micromanagement on our end. Additionally, better alignment between agreed-upon rates and terms, along with more transparent communication around potential fee increases, would have helped avoid misunderstandings. Finally, strengthening communication channels across time zones could have enhanced collaboration and overall project efficiency.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder of a startup building a secure, decentralized alternative to team chat apps like Slack and Discord.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish, and what were your goals?

Initially I wanted to investigate whether our idea of building a fully peer-to-peer messaging app was practical and explore use cases. Once we established that it was practical and had some indications of what users might want, we began building an MVP.

SOLUTION

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

Rumblefish was highly recommended by a friend's company, which was also working in the blockchain/decentralized tech space. Initial conversations with the Rumblefish CTO established that they had people on their team who were capable of, and would be excited about, the kind of work we needed.

The final deciding factor was the first few weeks of work: the person they assigned to the project was very capable and did very well, and the Rumblefish CTO was a good partner in making decisions about the project.

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

Our initial research was built on the privacy-focused cryptocurrency network Zcash. That phase of work involved:

• Building a desktop messaging app that could send and receive messages and money using a Zcash full node
• Building our own blockchain-based registry of usernames on Zcash
• Troubleshooting performance issues in Zcash tooling and submitting at least one upstream PR
• Shipping a working React/Node.js/Electron app for Mac, Windows, and Linux
• Optimizing initial sync for the Zcash node using an AWS CDN to make using the app and getting feedback easier
• Switching from a full node to a Zcash "light wallet" for better performance and user experience.
• Establishing QA workflows

The second phase involved:

• Replacing Zcash with our own "off-chain" peer-to-peer backend
• Assessing different peer-to-peer libraries
• Assessing CRDTs
• Addressing privacy and NAT traversal by building a Tor transport for libp2p, using a modified libp2p WebSocket transport
• Building a prototype syncing network with libp2p pubsub and Git
• Replacing Git with the IPFS-based CRDT OrbitDB
• Building proof-of-concept mobile apps for iOS and Android that shared a Node.js peer-to-peer layer with our desktop apps
• Establishing automated testing infrastructure using tools like Jest, Chromatic, Cypress, and WebDriver
• Launching polished, pre-MVP products for Desktop and Android that are suitable for internal use and testing with users
• Fully peer-to-peer React Native mobile apps using Tor, IPFS, and OrbitDB
• Background p2p connectivity on Android
• iOS apps without background connectivity working in TestFlight (almost)

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

We started with a team of two: a part-time senior manager overseeing the project and a full-time developer. Now we have a team of 6: a part-time senior manager, four full-time developers including an experienced Android developer, and a part-time QA specialist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project is ambitious, our team is small considering the project scope, and we are hitting our goals.

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

Project management has been a collaboration between our founder (me) and the Rumblefish CTO. Rumblefish has been very flexible in the sense that they're open to whatever structures make the most sense, while also suggesting changes they think will help.

It's like working with a good internal team in that it's not rigid, but everyone is working to improve the process as things change. We use standard tools like Slack (and now our own tool Quiet) with regularly scheduled calls for communication. Communication with Rumblefish is excellent.

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

Rumblefish's unique strength seems to be the mentorship they give to engineers. They find really smart people and throw them into challenges with enough support (from the CTO and others on the team) that they're able to get the work done and grow from each experience.

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

I think Rumblefish has a bit of a bias towards just starting to build, as opposed to doing structured research on what the best path is.

If you're working with Rumblefish on a new kind of product or in a new kind of tech stack (new as in, not in use at a big publicly-traded tech company) I'd suggest that you make it clear to them you want to block out some time for initial research, either into user needs or technical options respectively.

On the tech side I think they'll do a great job of this if you make it clear what you need. I haven't worked with Rumblefish on a user research project, so I can't speak to that. Also, we were a bit late to invest in integration tests and over-reliant on QA at first. We have a handle on that now though.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the President of the games distribution company, Macabre Enterprises. Our flagship party game, Death Charades, is a post-2020 appropriate party game that makes light of the players’ inevitable mortality. The game is reminiscent of traditional charades, but with a dark twist. Players draw cards and in timed rounds mime out different ways their lives could end.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish Software Development, and what were your goals?

Besides designing the cards and the overall look & feel of the game, we also needed an appropriate timer. We agreed upon a simple mobile app that would also serve as a marketing tool, sending the user push reminders to play the game from time to time. We made sure the app’s style matched the Victorian design of the game as it was important to keep the aesthetic elegant and mature, and not cheap or tacky.

SOLUTION

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

The great opinion of other client is what led us to Rumble Fish. We were considering a few others but after meeting with Rumble Fish, we decided to start a project with them. We felt they understood our needs and assured us that they do it on time.

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

They created an app for us that can be used during the game Death Charades. They advised us to build an app with React Native to cut costs and shorten the time of development.

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

We delivered the design and from Rumble Fish we used 1 React Native developer and one business analyst, when it comes to choosing the tech stack.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We've designed our project to be long-lasting in both the box and card design. We want Death Charades to not only be something that looks pretty on your shelf, but also something that you can play for years to come. After success on kickstarter with the project, the app was necessary to make the game even more attractive and we knew we needed it to finish the whole business success.

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

We really could rely on them just from the beginning. They knew what we wanted and how to make it smoothly.

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

Their experience in tech stack and React native is amazing.

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

This project was done smoothly and perfect.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm responsible for all development processes within the company. Thulium is an omnichannel CRM service, providing clients with a solution that allows them to handle multiple contact channels – phone, e-mail, chat, helpdesk, and messenger. Thulium’s cloud-based call center solution makes it easier for clients to serve their customers quickly and efficiently from one platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish Software Development, and what were your goals?

Our team has faced two different challenges. First, fixing the messaging issue and second, choosing the most suitable technology to develop the front-end and back-end of the app at the same time.

SOLUTION

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

We looked online and asked around to find a partner. I decided to go with the team that best understood our needs and had experience with React Native.

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

Thanks to React Native, we were able to create an app compatible with both Android and iOS. Swagger was used on the back-end of the app. Storybook was used to build UI components besides the API. For Thulium, we used a lot of Native functionalities and this saved time and money during the app’s development.

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

We used 2 React Native developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Displaying content on a smartphone screen is not easy, since the size of the screen is limited and not everything can be displayed. Whenever someone used the app to send a message with an attachment, table, or image, it wouldn’t display properly on the recipient's end. It wasn't easy to find a solution which would make all of the messages comfortable and easy to read.

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

The work was always done on time with the highest quality. We see that this cooperation was not only development, but also we appreciated hours of consulting. Everything went to plan with the implementation and we also came up with new ways to make improvements during the project. We felt that Thulium and Rumble Fish really worked as one during the project and the collaboration was very smooth.

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

Their experience in React Native. They are a great team that knows what they are doing.

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

This project was done perfectly. We return now and with a new one.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of the company. VerifiiD is a start-up based in Liverpool, UK.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

I was interested in a workshop that would help in development of a basic identity verification MVP. The resulting technology would include the requirements necessary to allow VerifiiD to convey their ideas to potential investors and future users. There are two main goals:

• achieve a plan for the MPV phase of the project
• attract investors with a great idea shaped into a realistic plan

SOLUTION

How did you select Rumblefish and what were the deciding factors?

They have been recommended to me. and it was clear from the outset their high level of professionalism and vision for the project was a key factor in choosing Rumblefish.

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

During the Discovery Workshop we have discussed the list of tasks necessary to create the MVP, its functions, and two revenue models for the first stage of the MVP. It was established that the MVP should consist of two mobile apps - one for the identity holders and one for the verifiers. Both apps will be supported by Android and iOS, and written in ReactNative.

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

Team size: CTO, CEO, 1 developer, 1 Business Analyst

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Rumble Fish Software Development helped with shaping our ideas into a specific and clear plan. With this kind of information it is easy to successfully reach potential investors.

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

At first we communicated with a team via the internet but the main part of a workshop took place in their office where we had a chance to check first-handedly who we are working with. It was a great experience that convinced us that we are dealing with people with experience, imagination and will to create something specific from an idea.

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

They were easy to communicate with and created a creative workshop. At the same time we’ve got tangible results and a specific plan. That connection between a smooth cooperation and efficient outcome is very impressive.

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

I liked the workshop the way it was.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

My name is Khalid Al - Araimi and I am contriver, meticulous professional, expert in managing and designing business processes with strong grip of handling business projects.

My background includes a progressive and accelerated career path within Oil & Gas, and Technology organizations, culminating in my current role as Director for WMS, WSS and Makamen Petroleum LLC.

My role here includes full responsibility for revenue growth of company, setting long and short term strategy, controlling change and helping people to adapt change in order to achieve organization objectives.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish Software Development?

The goal of cooperation with Rumble Fish Software is to build just from the idea stage a whole security system that connects hardware part based on LTE beacons with software Raspberry Pi to control access to the building infrastructure.

What were your goals for this project?

There were multiple goals:

• Discovery Workshop should allow to evaluate the chances of the project's success
• Prepare a plan for following whole project’s stages including proof of concept phase
• Create scope of work
• Plan POC and MVP. Define strategic deliverables and functionality
• Estimate the project’s timeline and costs.

SOLUTION

How did you select Rumble Fish Software Development?

I found Rumble Fish Software Development services online.

Describe the project in detail.

Discovery Workshop had 2 sessions and each session included a morning session is usually 10 am - 1 pm an afternoon session is usually 2 - 5-6 pm Rumble Fish provided the scope for each session and an attendee list.

Workshop team composition: client, Rumble Fish consultants: CTO, CEO, developer who will be working on the project. This was important to me that I met all team members who will work on development, in the next stage of the project. During session we had the following bullet points: general discussion about the project, defining goals and objectives.

We have established the long-term goals and short-term goals and clarified the vision for the product. We anticipated critical business and technical challenges.

Objects that were discussed:

• Business goals
• User needs
• Value proposition
• Strategy

As the result of discovery workshop Rumble Fish team has created structured roadmap, prioritized functionality, composed list of chosen technologies, advised team composition and provided detailed timeline and budget estimate.

What was the team composition?

Team size: client, Rumble Fish consultants: CTO, CEO, developer who will be working on the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The plan was carefully prepared. I received all necessary information needed to enter the implementation works and development process.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

I need to admit that first of all team’s communication skills are great, so there is no stress about different time zones or language barrier. They use relevant tools to execute work very fast.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

First of all their experience. They hire specialists with a seniority -level that always brings assurance of high-quality work.

Are there any areas for improvement?

So far everything is moving great with Rumble Fish team. I recommend them as a valuable business partner.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are The Ocean, a high performance 0x-based Ethereum ERC20 token trading platform, I am Ari Kardasis, CTO and Founder of The Ocean.

At The Ocean, we envision a future where the flow of value is as seamless and fluid as water. We create a freedom to invest, transfer money, and create value — without the barriers or costs of inefficient processes and geography.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish Software Development, and what were your goals?

For creating a fast and secure Ethereum and ERC20 token trading platform. We needed a well-integrated team of developers to bring our solutions to the MPV phase of the project.

SOLUTION

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

We did research and met many companies in order to build our project and RF was the undisputed winner.

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

Technology:

• 0x protocol
• PostgreSQL
• React
• AWS
• Blockchain
• Node.js

Services:

• Architecture design
• Front-end development
• Smart contract development
• Back-end development
• DevOps
• Client support
• Project management

The Ocean needed a team that will build the platform from scratch. This includes front-end, back-end and infrastructure. All of them are written in NodeJS. Front-end used React, Redux and material UI while backend was based on the model of services run on the ECS cluster.

As for a database, originally, the project utilized Redis but it was decided to use PostgresSQL and this was one of the most important changes in a technological stack. Together with Rumble Fish we’ve reached production stage on time and with the most up-to-date technologies.

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

8 software developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This project was the core of our business as we entrusted Rumble Fish with it. Thanks to this collaboration we were able to release our product on time and with technologies that were up to the highest standards.

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

Communication with the team was very smooth. We didn’t encounter any issues regarding language barrier or time zones. They were open to use our management tools and made a few helpful suggestions that allowed us to communicate and execute results even more efficient.

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

With our growing need for senior developers, they were able to introduce project developers with great technical seniority. Also, their practical knowledge about blockchain is rare to find.

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

Their skills and proficiency were excellent. I have no doubt that they can manage to deliver any project. I can recommend them without hesitation.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are Space Inch, a custom software design and development firm, and I'm the COO. We understand technology and business, and we strive to execute the highest level of service with technical know-how, and we aim to be the best in the industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish Software Development?

One of our clients has a platform for health savings and flexible spending accounts (HSA/FSA), and their clients are blue chip companies in the US. We are responsible for engineering new front-end features.

What were your goals for this project?

• Maintain and execute most urgent development work on legacy platform
• Prepare a plan for migration to new stack trace
• Create new infrastructure solutions using AWS

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Another of the companies we work with introduced us to Rumble Fish as a reliable partner.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Technology: React, Material UI, Redux, Redux Saga, Jest, Storybook, Lerna

Services: Frontend development, Business analytics

ConnectYourCare had a legacy system written in Java 8 using the outdated Java Server Pages to render HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The legacy system had no automated tests, was difficult to maintain, and used old versions of libraries that have known security vulnerabilities.

Rumble Fish determined that we should build a new system using contemporary architecture and technologies: backend microservices serving REST API and frontend built as a Single Page Application (SPA) using React.

The team was involved in building the new frontend and maintaining the legacy system until it was replaced with the new one.

What was the team composition?

Team size:5 software developers, 1 Business Analyst

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The plan was carefully prepared and executed step-by-step to minimize the risks and to maximize the confidence we have in the system. Now, all new features use the modern stack trace and more and more components of the legacy system are operating in the new environment.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Their communication skills are excellent, we never had any issue regarding language barrier, different time zones etc. They used our various collaborative tools and recommended good ones that we adopted. For account management we never had any issues either, and requests for scaling the team were executed quickly.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The technical seniority of their developers is outstanding. They can manage any technical difficulty with ease.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I can recommend their services without hesitation. RF are the business partner that we absolutely can rely upon.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a luxury dog and cat hotel. We offer boarding, daycare, grooming, and training services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Rumble Fish Software Development?

Developed a contact management system, in addition to a complete re-do of our website.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed to upgrade our technology using a new code- React. We had the same code from 13 years ago when we first started the business. The code was outdated, and we wanted something we knew could provide us stability. We also wanted to improve the customer experience dramatically by introducing new features and new UX design. The design of our website, and reservation site now match and look uniform.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They were recommended to us from another agency. We also wanted to make sure the developers were not 12-13 hours away. Having them in Poland was helpful, since often times launching a new site/product comes with bugs and we needed immediate assistance in getting those resolved.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They helped design, develop, and configure a front end and back end website. They provided us the ability to make changes (image, text, content) to our public website through back end administration system. They also created a online reservation system that gave our customers the ability to make a reservation request online.

They created a back end contact management system for this as well. We wanted to have a platform that gave us the ability to create custom landing pages, they made this for us. They also integrated our system with other 3rd party vendors such as Nest and our employee HR system.

What was the team composition?

The team had one main developer that we had contact with, and a couple other junior developers. The main developer was very helpful, and knowledgeable.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Customers can create, and cancel reservations anytime. We have automatic emails that are sent to customers at the trigger of a button. Previously, our staff was hand composing emails to customers.

This is saving us hours a day on productivity. We can now waitlist customers for the holidays, and send updates to them the minute they are accommodated. This reduces the amount of incoming calls from our customers, asking for their waitlist status.

Creating our own landing pages, will save us a lot of money in the long run. We had to always send in requests to a developer to make these landing pages for us, which would cost us money and time.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project Management was arranged through another agency. It was good, although we often times had to come across bugs ourselves and communicate that back to the PM, and would patiently wait for updates.

We were not advised proactively of bugs. We communicated through email primarily. Another tool like Jira or Basecamp, would have been great for increased awareness/ status updates.

The team was quick at resolving them, and anytime it was a bug critical to the business operations I felt they were working as quickly as they could to fix.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I really like the way they thought outside the box to accommodate my requests. I was also impressed at how much they wanted to understand the business in order to make solid recommendations on how to push specific items through.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Documentation as the project(s) were built. The infrastructure of the systems is critical for the client to understand. How everything connects, and speaks to each other. This was not done, and was a surprise at the end. Also, knowing if certain items were not going to get done on time, or would cost us more money to complete with more than a day or two notice.