Oracle JDK: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
With the news that Oracle have now changed their Java licensing terms and should no longer be providing updates of the ubiquitous SE 8, understandably, a lot of people have begun to wonder what all…
Our Annual Intermission
Just like every good knife must occasionally be sharpened, from time to time, developers too must also refresh their talents. This is why every year (at the end of May or beginning of June) our…
Is the Desktop Application Dead?
For years now, speculation on the eventual demise of the trusty desktop application has been going rife and rampant, yet as far-fetched as these predictions may initially appear to be, when one honestly takes the…
Programming in 2019: What Are the Latest Trends?
For many companies containerisation and ML were a big trend in 2018. Will they keep their positions?When it comes to programming in 2019, things can quickly take a turn for the murky. After all, though…
POC vs Prototype vs MVP — Steps to Market Readiness
According to a recent study by CB Insights, the #1 reason why startups fail is a lack of market need. This was shown to be the case in approximately 42 percent of all surveyed businesses.…
Our Fail Fast Approach: Turning Failure Into Success
From an early age, we are taught that failure is a bad thing. You should never fail exams, you aim to pass them; you don’t become something in life through a series of floundering events,…
What to Expect from Our Product Teams
As explained in a previous article, working on a product instead of a project demands a totally different mindset, which often makes it difficult to discern and form a winning team.At Software Planet, however, we…
How We Embrace Automation
Who says software providers don’t have to worry about automation too? At Software Planet, we have often felt the need to turn our skills towards our own company to overcome any technical challenges and make…
How to Illustrate Like a Pro
If you’re a regular blog reader, perhaps you’ve taken notice of our periodical illustrations and wondered how your own company could benefit from the same results — after all, man shall not live on software…
Software for Marketing: Our Experience
While we aren’t ones to blow our own trumpet, if there is one area of our expertise that often goes overlooked or understated, then that would be our seamless ability to devise and develop sophisticated…