An app designed to restore your confidence in taxis

We helped 02 Taksi create an application that aims to restore the Finns’ trust in taxi travel. Today, 02 Taksi is one of the top apps in Finnish app stores based on user ratings.

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Services

Full stack, mobile

Most important technologies

React, React Native, Node.js, AWS, Serverless, JavaScript, TypeScript

Industry

Software design and manufacturing

“High-quality software development also requires that the developer understands our business and sales.”

Petteri Niemi, CEO, 02 Taksi

A committed core team brings results

Challenge

The goal was to create the best taxi app in Finland.

The project required highly skilled, committed, and business-savvy developers.

Solution

Developers got to solve the challenges themselves. Unnecessary management, jargon, and barriers were eliminated.

Close collaboration and interaction were the keys to success.

Final result

When simplicity, a relaxed work community, and expertise come together, the outcome is inevitably good.

The user-friendly app is one of the top apps in Finnish app stores based on user ratings.

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Good interaction carries the project over the finish line

Three separate interfaces were created for the 02 Taksi service: customer service, web and mobile. At the beginning of the collaboration, Rakettitiede developers created a Finland-wide GIS system (geographic information system). The backend of the online service ran on a fully serverless AWS cloud platform. Since then, Rakettitiede developers have taken on the role of lead application developer.

“We don’t believe in micromanagement. Instead, we want to let the developers themselves solve the challenges they face. Being able to have an open discussion about difficult topics or slip-ups is an absolute prerequisite when working with us,” summarises Petteri Niemi, CEO at 02.

“The 02 Taksi team is an exceptionally welcoming bunch and a laid-back work community. The team has had altogether four developers from Rakettitiede, and we’ve been given the opportunity to make decisions and develop our own professional competence,” says Tuisku Salminen, who is one of the main developers of the application.

Hardcore talent really stands out in these situations

Petteri Niemi points out that the client needs to provide sufficient support to make the developers’ work a success. When a software project fails, it’s often because the client hasn’t made the goals clear enough or because the developer has been too optimistic about the schedule. With Rakettitiede, creating an active dialogue was easy.

What has Niemi been particularly pleased with during these years?

“Outside programming work, I’m immediately reminded of the positive experiences we had with sales promotion. Rakettitiede’s developers won us a new customer under some intense time pressure. A similar project could have easily taken a week or two to complete, but we and the Rocket finished the job within days. As a client, I can appreciate the fact the developers are able to step outside their basic role and tackle challenges in the event of a critical disruption or a sudden sales opportunity. In situations such as these, hardcore talent really stands out,” Niemi summarises.