Softjourn

06/02/2026

Summer has arrived to our Ivano-Frankivsk office 🌞

05/27/2026

🇺🇦 Recently, our team in Ukraine joined a community volunteer day at the 450 PRYKARPATTIA Rehabilitation Center, a specialized facility supporting the recovery and reintegration of Ukrainian veterans and their families.

Softjourners worked alongside other volunteers to improve the center's grounds, install benches, and set up lighting. We also delivered a company donation to help purchase equipment and expand rehabilitation opportunities at the center.

Softjourn has supported 4.5.0 Prykarpattia since its earliest days, and it's incredible to see what it has become: a place where veterans can heal, train, try adaptive sports, and find genuine community. The center also offers fitness and English classes for veterans' families, building a stronger support system beyond rehabilitation alone.

This initiative holds special meaning for our team. It carries forward the vision of our fallen colleague and hero, Oleh Perehuda, whose dedication to the center's development continues to inspire us. Today, his wife, Vasylyna Perehuda, leads the center's growth with the same heartfelt commitment.

We're proud to be part of work that goes beyond technology and makes a real difference in people's lives. 🇺🇦

05/21/2026

🇺🇦 Happy Vyshyvanka Day! 🇺🇦

Whether our team is working side by side at the office or working remotely around the world, vyshyvanka ties us together.

These beautifully embroidered shirts and dresses reflect the many cultures across Ukraine. Just by looking at the thread colors and geometric or floral patterns, Ukrainians can often tell which region a vyshyvanka comes from. But worn together, they show a united front and celebrate Ukraine's unique traditions.

A few things you might not know about vyshyvanka:

👩‍🎓 It started with a student: Vyshyvanka Day began in 2006 when a student at Chernivtsi National University invited everyone to wear embroidered shirts on the same day. A few dozen students showed up the first year. By the second and third, teachers, students from other cities, public servants, and even taxi drivers had joined in. Now, an estimated 20 million people worldwide celebrate!

🪡 There are about 200 embroidery techniques across Ukraine: Each region has its own styles, stitches, and color traditions. Some ancient methods that were less commonly used have been recently revived as well.

⚔️ Vyshyvanka has always gone to battle: Centuries ago, Cossacks wore embroidered shirts into combat as a form of protection. Sich Riflemen and Ukrainian insurgents carried on the tradition. Today, many Ukrainian defenders wear vyshyvanka under their uniforms, stitch embroidered patches onto their gear, or keep one in their backpacks as a reminder of what they are fighting for and the loved ones who made them. 🇺🇦

05/19/2026

If 80% of your fans never walk through the gate, your app isn't a side project; it's the main venue!

We just published our full guide to building a sports app in 2026. It covers audience strategy, the real costs (broken down by app type), tech decisions that actually matter, and what fans expect now that they didn't two years ago.

Built for ticketing companies, venues, sports teams, and anyone serious about owning the fan relationship instead of renting it on someone else's platform.

Read the full guide:

A complete guide to building sports apps in 2026. Covers app types, must-have features, tech stack decisions, real development costs, and revenue models for teams, startups, and media companies.

05/14/2026

The teams doing the best work right now are not always the ones with the biggest budgets. They are the ones asking smarter questions.

At Softjourn, we test AI against real constraints, on real projects, and share exactly what we find. Not to promote a tool, but to give our clients a clear picture of what is possible and what still takes a human to get right.

That is what R&D means to us. Not theory, but hands-on practice.

Explore our latest findings 👉
https://softjourn.com/case-study/sj-rnd-bmad-ai

Softjourn's R&D team took an honest look at where AI-assisted documentation delivers, and where it still needs a human hand with a series of experiments.

05/05/2026

When a client comes to us through a trusted referral, we feel that responsibility deeply. Working with John Conte, Founder of Graphmantix, was a genuinely great experience from start to finish.

He came in with a clear vision, sharp technical understanding, and a collaborative spirit that made the whole engagement a pleasure to be part of. 🤝

Feedback like this reminds us why we love what we do. Thank you, John, and we hope to work together on another 5-star project soon!

04/30/2026

Most AI chatbots guess. We built one that doesn't, in just one week.

Our R&D team wanted to see what would happen if we turned Google Cloud's Vertex AI loose on our own website. One non-negotiable rule: if the answer isn't in our documentation, the chatbot says so. No hallucinations, no invented answers.

The result? Hundreds of case studies instantly searchable, direct links to the right pages, and responses in under half a second.

What started as a one-week experiment is now deployment-ready.

See how we pulled it off 👇
https://softjourn.com/case-study/sj-rnd-ai-chatbot

04/16/2026

When a client tells you their codebase is now completely unrecognizable... that's the kind of feedback that stays with you.

We had the privilege of working with the CapStorm team this year, stepping in to support their frontend development at a critical moment.

What followed was one of those engagements where the team really dug in, delivering a UI/UX overhaul, a full Angular upgrade, and a Restore Wizard that wowed in the demo.

Thank you to the whole CapStorm team for trusting us with something that mattered. We're rooting for everything you're building with Grax.

Full case study 👇
https://softjourn.com/case-study/capstorm-frontend-transformed

04/13/2026

It's National Pet Day, and we couldn't let it pass without introducing some of the most important members of our team. 🐾

They've logged more hours on work calls than we'd like to admit, they have strong opinions about keyboard placement, and they absolutely do not respect deadlines — but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Swipe through to meet the furry coworkers who've been keeping us company (and occasionally walking across our laptops) through it all. 💼

04/03/2026

🐣 Wishing a joyful Easter weekend to all who celebrate - however you celebrate it! Across our team and community, this weekend looks a little different for everyone:

🇵🇱 Our Polish colleagues may be off to bless their Święconka baskets, packed with bread, eggs, sausage, and all the good things spring has to offer.

🇧🇷 In Brazil, some are gathering for local pilgrimage events, hiding huge chocolate eggs, or keeping tradition alive by going seafood-only on Good Friday (a delicious form of devotion).

🇺🇸 Across the US, little ones (and let's be honest, some adults too) will be up bright and early to see what the Easter Bunny left behind.

🇺🇦 And our Ukrainian members are getting ready to celebrate Easter on April 12th — but the pysanky may already be in progress: those stunning hand-dyed eggs that are truly works of art.

Whatever your tradition, we hope it's filled with warmth, color, and a little bit of joy.

Happy Easter, Feliz Páscoa, Wesołego Alleluja, Христос Воскрес! 🌸