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Technical notes, tutorials, and thought leadership on headless architecture and modern web development.
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Is a Headless CMS Overkill for a Small Business?
The question I get in almost every first conversation. The honest answer on when a headless CMS is the right call for a small business, and when it is not.
headless Read noteMoving from Wix to a headless setup
Wix is the most closed builder I deal with, so a move is mostly a rebuild, not a transfer. What that actually involves, what you gain, and when to stay put.
headlessmigration Read noteWhat Moving a Squarespace Site to a Headless CMS Really Involves
People picture a theme swap. Moving off Squarespace to a headless CMS is a full rebuild plus quietly owning the forms, hosting, SEO and content export Squarespace handled for you.
headlessmigration Read noteHow I Tanked My Own Rankings With AI, and Fixed It
I accidentally wrecked my own Google rankings by over using AI. Here is the honest story of what went wrong and how I put it right.
aiseo Read noteWhat a Shopify to Headless Migration Actually Involves
People picture a theme swap. A Shopify to headless migration is really a frontend rebuild plus quietly owning everything Shopify used to do for you. The honest version.
headlessecommerce Read noteBuilding a Headless Storefront With Vue, Nuxt and GraphQL
Rewritten from my 2022-2023 Vue Storefront videos: how to put a Vue and Nuxt frontend on Magento over GraphQL, why you test queries first, and why shipping only the data you need is the whole point.
magentoheadlessnuxt Read noteCommon Magento 2 Problems and How to Fix Them
A field reference for the Magento 2 problems that keep recurring: empty categories, the 503 page, extension installs, config that travels, the 2.4.5 Amasty bug, and patching core safely. Rewritten from my 2020 to 2023 fix-it videos.
magentodev-workflow Read noteWorking with EAV Attributes and Product Data in Magento
What EAV actually is, how to add your own product attributes with a source model, the cross environment option id trap that bites everyone, and getting it onto the front end. Rewritten from my 2021 and 2023 videos.
magentodev-workflow Read noteMagento 2 Admin and Advanced Modules
The follow-on to my beginners module piece, rewritten from my 2022 videos: adding fields to the admin order view, editing admin grids with UI listing components, and building advanced front end modules that extend core behaviour like layered navigation.
magentodev-workflow Read noteMagento 2 Module Development for Beginners
Rewritten from my 2021-2022 videos: the three files every Magento 2 module needs, the commands that register it, blocks and dependency injection, routes and collections, and when to build a module instead of editing your theme.
magentodev-workflow Read noteJavaScript in Magento 2: KnockoutJS and the Checkout
Rewritten from my 2022-2023 videos: how the Magento 2 checkout and mini cart really work, what Knockout is actually doing, and how to customise them without losing a day.
magentodev-workflow Read noteJavaScript in Magento 2: RequireJS and jQuery Basics
Rewritten from my 2020-2022 videos: the simplest sane way to add JavaScript to a Magento 2 theme, RequireJS to load it and jQuery to write it, kept modular.
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