Attending GopherCon online
2020 will be remembered for a very long time by the quarantine and the accompanying restrictions. All events where there is a crowd of people have been cancelled and we are trying to adhere to all recommendations. It would seem that this year’s conference would be impossible. But tough times await new solutions, and now…
Bulgaria PHP Conference 2019
Let’s talk about organization, preparation and venue first. From my point of view, the organizers did a lot to make this conference great, at least they tried to do their best. The conference, same as the workshop took place in the very center of the city, in the biggest public hall. It was quite easy…
php.barcelona
I and the rest of the PHP engineers at ottonova, had the pleasure of attending the PHP.Barcelona Conference in November this year. It was a great experience, spanning over two full days. I’ve put together some quick and biased notes about the presentations. Here it goes… Day 1 Opening Keynote – Rasmus Lerdorf Really uplifting…
Our Android App’s Permissions Explained
Permissions Starting with Android 6 (Marshmallow), Android has been improving and shaping permissions, adding more control to users and a better overview of what apps do with those permissions. App permissions are going in a direction of more transparency and security. Still, it’s not always easy to understand why some permissions are needed some times.…
Why we switched from Moment.js to Day.js
Moment.js is an awesome library when it comes to performing complex date-time manipulations. It provides a rich and clean API that covers many use cases. That aside, Moment.js shouldn’t always be the go-to library when it comes to date-time problematics. Alternatives should be considered as well. What are the alternatives? Actually, there are plenty of alternatives…
The QA Engineer position at ottonova
We would like to use this article to give some insights on the QA Engineer position here at ottonova and to answer This article gives some insights on the QA Engineer position here at ottonova. Since the position can be interpreted quite differently we want to answer some common questions. Here we go. 1. Is…
Hosting a meetup for the first time: Swift Lighting Talks
We at ottonova make private health insurance better, simpler and faster by being the first digital health insurance company in Germany. The main touchpoint with our customers are the mobile apps. They are raising the bar for the health insurance sector in Germany by introducing more digital convenience. We love to push the limits of…
About ottonova’s tech stack transparency
Hi everybody! At ottonova, we believe in being transparent about the technology stack we use. We see no reason to keep it a secret. Possible concerns we sometimes hear are about the following two domains: Our approach is to use mature technology stacks, follow best practices, and incorporate new technology components as needed. This approach…
Welcome to our ottonova.tech blog!
Hello everybody, with this post we want to kick off the ottonova.tech blog and also explain what it’s for. With this blog we sincerely want to give you insights on how we create the software and platform behind ottonova. The first newly founded private health insurance in a long time. We are assembling a strong…
