Edge Functions for Ecommerce: What They’re Good At, What They Break, and Where the Boundary Should Sit
Edge functions are precise tools, not free upgrades. Here’s what they’re actually good at for ecommerce — A/B tests, geo routing, auth, imag…
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Field notes on ecom engineering — WooCommerce, Next.js, NestJS, plugins, and the configurator work in between.
The Lightweight Storefront: Building Small Ecommerce on Astro + Turso (or D1) Without the Backend Bloat
If you’re shipping a sub-2,000 SKU store, a Postgres cluster and a headless CMS is over-engineered. Astro plus an edge SQL service like Turs…
Personalization in Next.js Without the Creep Factor: A Practitioner’s Guide to First-Party Data
Personalization that converts and personalization that creeps people out are different problems. Here’s how to build the first without slidi…
WooCommerce HPOS Migration: A Practitioner’s Guide for Serious Stores
What HPOS actually changes, why custom code that uses get_post_meta() breaks, and the WP-CLI migration playbook for serious WooCommerce stor…
AI SaaS Development in 2026: A Practitioner’s Guide
What actually matters when building an AI SaaS in 2026 — architecture, cost management, evaluation, and the discipline around model provider…
Website Speed Optimization: How Sub-1-Second Load Times Drive Startup Growth
Sub-1-second pages are achievable in 2026 — but only if you fix the architecture before optimizing micro-tweaks. Here’s the actual playbook.
Multi-Layer Caching for Ecommerce: The Five Layers, What to Cache at Each, and How to Invalidate Without Breaking the Funnel
Ecommerce caching is harder than blog caching because stale prices and stale stock cost real money. Here’s how to set up the five layers — b…
Headless WooCommerce in 2026: When It’s the Right Architecture (and When It Isn’t)
When WooCommerce + headless beats Shopify Plus, when it doesn’t, and what running it at scale actually costs in 2026. Honest TCO math.
The 2026 WooCommerce Stack: Headless, AI, and What Actually Works
What’s actually worth installing on a 2026 WooCommerce store, when headless makes sense (and when it doesn’t), and the plugin shortlist that…