Product development
How Much Does Custom Software Development Cost?
The factors that really drive the cost of custom software, why fixed quotes on vague scopes go wrong, and how a short discovery turns a guess into a budget.
Step2Play Insights
Software, AI and product guides from the engineering bench.
AI implementation, software architecture and product development — what we've learned building software, written up so you can use it, whether or not you work with us.
4 articles shown
Product development
How to Turn a Business Idea into an MVP
A practical path from idea to a first version real users can try: what to build, what to leave out, and how to know it worked.
Software architecture
Monolith vs Microservices: What Should a Startup Choose?
Why most startups should begin with a well-structured monolith, the signs it is time to split, and how to keep that door open from day one.
AI & automation
RAG vs Fine-Tuning: Choosing the Right Approach
Two ways to make a language model useful with your own knowledge. When each one fits, what each costs to run, and why we usually start with retrieval.
Got a question we haven’t written up yet?
Ask it. If it's useful to you it's probably useful to others — and you'll get a straight answer from an engineer either way.