Whoever entered Betty Blocks headquarters, The Hub, last week could feel the fighting spirit in the air. Everyone was on edge. With a healthy dose of competitiveness, Betty Blocks and sister companies Woeler and Holder (collectively known as the...
Our Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal? Winning El Copa del Brodjo 2018
Why No-Code is Driving the Future of App Development
Betty Blocks’ CEO Chris Obdam recently spoke with us about how the no-code revolution is giving rise to a new way of application development, and the message was clear: The future of application development is no-code, and the future is NOW.
Inside the Mind of John Rhymer, Forrester Research VP and Lead Analyst
There’s a big problem in software development today, and that is the disconnect between IT and business. No matter the industry, software is becoming increasingly essential to business processes. Yet most organizations are not equipped to bridge the...
Streamlining Software Development: A No-Code Perspective on Brooks’s Law
“Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later,” according to software engineer and IBM architect Fred Brooks. This now-famous claim has laid the foundation for what is now known as Brooks’s law: There is a threshold at which an...
Why No-Code is the Fastest Way to Reduce IT Backlog
Picture this, the application you've asked IT to build has been put at the end of their long backlog. The developers are maintaining existing applications that take up their full focus. Without this application, you can't test your idea and move the...
Betty Blocks Academy Night: Take Your No-Code Education to the Next Level
Maybe you’ve only just heard about no-code from your friends (everyone is talking about it). Or maybe your company has already been successfully using Betty Blocks to innovate for some time. Wherever you are in your journey with Betty Blocks, we’d...
Showing Our True Colors
Acceptance. Community. Inclusion. These are just a few of our company values at Betty Blocks, and ones that we are proud to share with the LGBT Pride community.
Is Your Company Ready for Citizen Development?
If you already know about the benefits of implementing citizen development to innovate, then you have already made a step in the right digital direction. Organizations are experiencing more and more pressure to adopt digital practices in order to...
Is it Time to Break Up with Your Spreadsheets?
Nhan Vu is a self-described “No-code Enthusiast” and guest blogger for Betty Blocks. He is a digital entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience improving business processes in the IT industry. Nhan helps customers in our German market...
Don't Fear Citizen Developers, Support Them
Maybe you’ve heard the news by now- citizen developers are here, and that’s great news for organizations. These non-traditional developers drive digital transformation by infusing the enterprise with fresh ideas, new manpower, and increased agility....