Beyond Features: Why Your Product Needs a Soul Before It Gets a Body
Picture this: you're tasked with building a city. Do you start by laying bricks for houses, pouring concrete for roads, and installing street lamps? Most rational people would say no—yet this is precisely how many…
Why Ambition Beats Tech Skills When Hiring a Software Manager
t's easy to think that the success of a software project depends mostly on the choice of tech stack, architecture, or delivery model. But if you’ve ever been involved in a real product build—from MVP…
Is “Scrumban” Quietly Undermining Your Project?
"Scrumban"—the hybrid of Scrum and Kanban—is increasingly touted as a modern, flexible alternative to traditional Scrum frameworks. On the surface, it offers adaptability, continuous workflow, and reduced rigidity. However, beneath these attractive promises might lie…
Best Practices for Using Gemini CLI Effectively in Production Codebases
The command-line interface for Google Gemini brings large language model capabilities directly into the developer's terminal. From code generation and test scaffolding to refactoring and documentation, Gemini CLI is designed to accelerate development workflows across…
Augmented Coding: A Practical Remedy for the Chaos of AI-Driven Development
“I’m afraid my project will be done in vibe coding.” At a Glance This quietly uttered concern is gaining volume. In the ever-accelerating world of AI-driven software development, many clients fear that the pace of…
Progress in Developing Automated Tools for IT Professionals
At Software Planet Group, we continue to invest in the development of bespoke tools aimed at streamlining the work of IT professionals. Our recent advances in integrating large language models (LLMs) with custom toolchains may…
DevOps from Day One: How to Avoid Turning Your Infrastructure into a Digital Favela
There is one common yet consistently underestimated mistake that often becomes critical for any technology startup over time: launching a project without involving a DevOps engineer. At first, it might seem that everything can be…
Using Odoo as a Codebase for Custom Software Development
Odoo is a widely adopted open-source ERP system offering a comprehensive suite of modules for managing various business processes, such as sales, procurement, accounting, and inventory management. Leveraging Odoo as a foundational platform can significantly…
Harnessing Large Language Models for Efficient Software Development
Introduction The recent wave of agentic large language models (LLMs) has persuaded many executives that code can now be generated at the press of a button. Seasoned engineers know better: when used naïvely, an LLM…
How to Optimise Software Development Costs
Custom software development is often associated with substantial costs. However, contrary to widespread assumptions, a significant proportion of these expenses arise not during programming itself, but far earlier—at the stage of architectural design. It is…