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Upgrades and customization

Upgrade-safe builds, automation rules, and where Studio stops and real development starts.

Why your Odoo is slow (and the practical fixes)

Why your Odoo is slow (and the practical fixes)

A slow Odoo is almost always one of four things: a worker count left at the default, too little RAM for those workers, a missing database index, or custom code doing expensive work on every load. All ...

May 6, 2026

Odoo Studio vs custom development: where Studio stops and code begins

Odoo Studio vs custom development: where Studio stops and code begins

Studio stops where real logic begins. Use it for fields, view tweaks and one-sentence rules, and move to a custom module the moment a change branches, talks to another system, processes volume or has ...

Apr 14, 2026

Why your Odoo upgrade broke your customizations (and how to build upgrade-safe)

Why your Odoo upgrade broke your customizations (and how to build upgrade-safe)

An upgrade breaks customizations because Odoo migrates its own code and data, not yours. Building upgrade-safe comes down to staying close to standard, keeping custom work contained, and testing every...

Mar 22, 2026