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That Damn Right of Withdrawal Button: From Backlog Decoration to Production in Two Afternoons (Without Dying in the Attempt) 🖥️🔥

Picture the scene. It’s Friday, 2:30 PM. Your weekend chip is already half-activated, you’re thinking about that Minecraft game you’ve got going with your daughter, or the 10K run you’re going to smash tomorrow morning to clear your head. Suddenly, that client sends you one of those emails that turns your blood to ice: “Hey, […]

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When OpenSearch decides it’s taking a mental health day 🖥️🔥

If you’re running Magento, you already know that OpenSearch (or Elasticsearch, its “big brother” who can’t decide if he’s Open Source or a non-profit) isn’t optional. Without it, your search bar is a wasteland and your categories are a constant 404 error. It’s the heart of your store, and like any heart in this industry, […]

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Adding a damn button to a Magento admin form

Today I got mad at Magento. Again. 🙃 It’s like that toxic relationship that sometimes gives you joy, but when it decides to play hardball, it ruins your afternoon. Today’s episode of “things that should be easy but turn out to be a total pain-in-the-ass”: adding a simple button to a Magento admin form. Specifically, […]

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“No deploy on Friday”: Are we still doing this?

“We don’t deploy on Fridays.” You’ll hear this in many (seriously, many) IT departments like it’s written in stone. As if, come Friday afternoon, the code turns evil, the tests rebel, and the servers decide they’ve worked enough for the week. But let’s be honest: if you avoid Friday deploys out of fear, the problem […]

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