Stop Being the Feedback Loop
Engineers are burning attention on feedback the machine could generate itself. Here's how to fix that.…
I got tired of empty Magento dev stores
Monday morning. Fresh bin/magento setup:install, admin user created, and a catalog that looks like a warehouse after a fire sale. Zero products, zero customers, zero orders. You open the frontend to demo something and all you've got is a sad "default" category with nothing…
How I Won a Shopify Pitch Without Competing on Features
A 900-person German publisher. Marketing wanted Shopify. The integrator had already connected Business Central in 15 minutes. Here’s what I did instead of reaching for a feature comparison spreadsheet. The Scene A German publisher, roughly 900 employees. Multiple magazines, a merchandise business, an existing Magento shop that had fallen…
Meet Magento Amsterdam 2025 Recap: From AI Insights to Hyvä’s Big Surprise
Last week Meet Magento Netherlands 2025 took Amsterdam by storm, and as a longtime person in the community I’m still buzzing. The event was lit with community energy, exciting tech talk, and even some literal sweetness. I had the privilege of attending (and speaking!), and I want to share…
Building AI Agents That Actually Work: 6 Production Patterns from Vercel's Deep Research
Most AI agents are mid. There, I said it. Everyone’s building chat wrappers with function calling, calling it "agentic AI," and wondering why their OpenAI bill looks like a phone number. Meanwhile, Vercel’s Nico Albanese just dropped a masterclass showing how they built a Deep Research…
Demystifying AI Agents: A Developer's Guide to Building Your First Agent
The Confusion Around AI Agents If you Google "what is an AI agent," you'll get at least five different answers. Some sources will tell you they're autonomous systems. Others will say they're just chatbots with extra steps. The confusion is real, and…
Building the First Magento 2 Integration for OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol
The Future of Commerce is Conversational (But We're Not There Yet) Imagine browsing for a new laptop by chatting with ChatGPT. You describe what you need, the AI suggests products from your favorite retailer, and you complete the purchase, all without leaving the conversation. No redirects, no "…
Build AI Systems That Think and Act — Without Hallucinations
RAG gives your models knowledge. Agents give them power. Together, they unlock the next generation of intelligent applications. 🧠 Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) RAG injects external knowledge into model prompts just-in-time, reducing hallucinations and improving accuracy for knowledge-intensive tasks. What Is RAG and Why Use It? * Static prompts and training data can&…