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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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End-to-End Test Automation: Why It Was Worth Writing Our Custom Framework
Testing · 15 min read

End-to-End Test Automation: Why It Was Worth Writing Our Custom Framework

A practical look at why a custom E2E CLI framework was built for API testing, JSON templating, recipe merging, scenarios, storage, and smart comparison.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Part I. SAP Commerce Developers Toolset (v.2022.3.1 IntelliJ IDEA plugin)
Development Tools · 16 min read

Part I. SAP Commerce Developers Toolset (v.2022.3.1 IntelliJ IDEA plugin)

A detailed overview of SAP Commerce Developers Toolset v2022.3.1 updates for IntelliJ IDEA, including type system, ImpEx, FlexibleSearch, and Backoffice support.

Mykhailo Lytvyn
Mykhailo Lytvyn
SAP Commerce Data Models in Memory. Part I. What Does the IDE Debugger Give You?
Architecture · 11 min read

SAP Commerce Data Models in Memory. Part I. What Does the IDE Debugger Give You?

A practical look at how SAP Commerce models are represented in memory and why debugger views show only part of a model’s attributes.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
A Look Into the 2211 SAP Commerce Cloud Release
Release Notes · 13 min read

A Look Into the 2211 SAP Commerce Cloud Release

An overview of SAP Commerce Cloud 2211 updates, including Composable Storefront, Backoffice, SmartEdit, B2B Commerce, yForms, platform, and integration changes.

Gavaskar Bhojan
Gavaskar Bhojan
Spartacus 5
Frontend · 15 min read

Spartacus 5

Rob Bull reviews Spartacus 5, SAP’s Composable Storefront release policy, dependency changes, authenticated library access, and naming shift.

Rob Bull
Rob Bull
Environment Data Migration – Part 2
Data Migration · 8 min read

Environment Data Migration – Part 2

A practical overview of what SAP Commerce data to migrate between environments and the key concerns around volume, security, obfuscation, and Impex.

Rob Bull
Rob Bull
Environment Data Migration. Part I
Data Migration · 9 min read

Environment Data Migration. Part I

A review of why production-representative data matters in SAP Commerce environments and the historical tools used to support migration.

Rob Bull
Rob Bull
Implementing Back in Stock and Price Drop Alerts
Architecture · 18 min read

Implementing Back in Stock and Price Drop Alerts

A practical guide to designing back-in-stock and price-drop alert services, covering subscriptions, notifications, edge cases, and SAP Commerce limitations.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
A Look Into the 2205 SAP Commerce Cloud Release
Release Notes · 6 min read

A Look Into the 2205 SAP Commerce Cloud Release

A guest author reviews the SAP Commerce Cloud 2205 release, covering Backoffice usability, OCC APIs, Spartacus, B2B integration, ISS, and cloud security.

Tejaskumar Patel
Tejaskumar Patel
Lessons Learned: Migrating to CCv2
Data Migration · 12 min read

Lessons Learned: Migrating to CCv2

Practical lessons learned from migrating an SAP Commerce Cloud project from CCv1 to CCv2, covering CI/CD, infrastructure, data migration, and code changes.

Olesia Voloshina
Olesia Voloshina
End-to-End Test Automation: Why Was It Worth to Write Our Custom Framework
Testing · 19 min read

End-to-End Test Automation: Why Was It Worth to Write Our Custom Framework

A practical look at why a team built a custom end-to-end API testing framework and how its recipe-based architecture works.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Process · 1 min read

Hybrismart Supports Ukraine 🇺🇦

Hybrismart asks readers to consider financially supporting organizations helping with the Ukraine humanitarian crisis.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev