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Engineering E-Commerce,
Search & AI

Deep-dive articles on e-commerce architecture, search technology, AI, and the engineering behind complex systems.

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Delta Detection and Incremental Updates in the Integration Processes: Reducing Unnecessary Writes to the Database
Integrations · 14 min read

Delta Detection and Incremental Updates in the Integration Processes: Reducing Unnecessary Writes to the Database

How to reduce unnecessary SAP Commerce database writes by using hashes, delta detection, and optimized batch import strategies.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Fusion of Realities: The Future of Human-AI Collaboration
AI & ML · 4 min read

Fusion of Realities: The Future of Human-AI Collaboration

A speculative look at how multimodal AI could become an informational exoskeleton for the brain, reshaping privacy, efficiency, and human capability.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
How I Reverse-Engineered a Huge Excel File Full of Complex Formulas
Development Tools · 10 min read

How I Reverse-Engineered a Huge Excel File Full of Complex Formulas

A practical story of reverse-engineering a complex Excel estimator by translating formulas into lazy Groovy calculations with mocks and traceable output.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Search Analytics: Testing and Monitoring eCommerce Search
Search · 13 min read

Search Analytics: Testing and Monitoring eCommerce Search

A practical approach to collecting, processing, and reporting search behavior data to improve e-commerce search relevance and business outcomes.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Development Tools · 4 min read

Creating Custom Hints for beans.xml in SAP Commerce Cloud

Explore how to utilize an undocumented hints mechanism to add custom logic to DTO generation in SAP Commerce Cloud.

Timofey Klyubin
Timofey Klyubin
Spartacus Release Feb’24 Updates – The SAP Composable Storefront
Frontend · 18 min read

Spartacus Release Feb’24 Updates – The SAP Composable Storefront

Rob Bull explores SAP Commerce Cloud and Composable Storefront upgrade processes, including local library builds, RBSC packages, and CCV2 deployment considerations.

Rob Bull
Rob Bull
Spartacus Release Updates – The SAP Composable Storefront
Release Notes · 9 min read

Spartacus Release Updates – The SAP Composable Storefront

A review of SAP Commerce Cloud and SAP Composable Storefront release cadence, dependency timelines, and upgrade planning considerations.

Rob Bull
Rob Bull
Introducing ‘fsdumpviewer’: The Tool for File System ‘ls-lR’ Snapshot Comparison and Synchronization
Development Tools · 12 min read

Introducing ‘fsdumpviewer’: The Tool for File System ‘ls-lR’ Snapshot Comparison and Synchronization

A Python/Qt utility for visualizing and comparing filesystem snapshots, then exporting selected differences as scripts or archives.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Leveraging InMemoryCart Solution as Price Calculation Mechanism to Ensure the EU Omnibus Directive Compliance
E-Commerce · 5 min read

Leveraging InMemoryCart Solution as Price Calculation Mechanism to Ensure the EU Omnibus Directive Compliance

How an SAP Commerce implementation used InMemoryCart to calculate promotional prices faster while supporting EU Omnibus Directive requirements.

Joanna Krol
Joanna Krol
Part III. SAP Commerce Developers Toolset (v.2023.2.7 Intellij IDEA plugin)
Development Tools · 23 min read

Part III. SAP Commerce Developers Toolset (v.2023.2.7 Intellij IDEA plugin)

A detailed overview of SAP Commerce Developers Toolset IntelliJ IDEA plugin features introduced between versions 2023.1.1 and 2023.2.7.

Mykhailo Lytvyn
Mykhailo Lytvyn
Part II. SAP Commerce Developers Toolset (v.2023.1.0 Intellij IDEA plugin)
Development Tools · 8 min read

Part II. SAP Commerce Developers Toolset (v.2023.1.0 Intellij IDEA plugin)

A detailed overview of SAP Commerce Developers Toolset 2023.1.0 for IntelliJ IDEA, covering CCv2, Type System, ImpEx, FlexibleSearch, Backoffice, and more.

Mykhailo Lytvyn
Mykhailo Lytvyn
Troubleshooting JGroups in SAP Commerce Kubernetes Cluster (On-premise)
DevOps · 16 min read

Troubleshooting JGroups in SAP Commerce Kubernetes Cluster (On-premise)

Troubleshooting guidance for JGroups clustering issues in an on-premise SAP Commerce Kubernetes deployment.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev