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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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Shopping Cart in SAP Commerce: Performance, Architecture, Pitfalls, Testing
E-Commerce · 16 min read

Shopping Cart in SAP Commerce: Performance, Architecture, Pitfalls, Testing

A deep dive into SAP Commerce shopping cart architecture, performance bottlenecks, calculation, promotions, restoration, cleanup, and testing.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Autocomplete and Suggestions in Impex and FlexibleSearch HAC Consoles
Development Tools · 4 min read

Autocomplete and Suggestions in Impex and FlexibleSearch HAC Consoles

How to enable hidden Impex suggestions in HAC and add contextual autocomplete for FlexibleSearch using CodeMirror hints.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
SAP Commerce Cloud 2011: What’s New?
Release Notes · 6 min read

SAP Commerce Cloud 2011: What’s New?

A practical overview of SAP Commerce Cloud 2011, including OCC API updates, Integration API enhancements, Backoffice improvements, and search changes.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
Development Tools · 3 min read

Three Useful GitHub Repos That Every SAP Commerce Developer Should Consider

A quick look at GitHub projects that help SAP Commerce developers build FlexibleSearch queries, inspect deployed Git metadata, and automate HAC tasks.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
How to make native SQL coexist with SAP Commerce Persistence. Part II
Architecture · 15 min read

How to make native SQL coexist with SAP Commerce Persistence. Part II

A deep dive into using native SQL with SAP Commerce persistence, including multitenancy, model retrieval, caching, lazy loading, and bulk updates.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
A Look Into The v2005 SAP Commerce Cloud Release
Release Notes · 11 min read

A Look Into The v2005 SAP Commerce Cloud Release

A guest author reviews SAP Commerce Cloud v2005, including new APIs, B2B/B2C endpoint coexistence, bundling, workflow design, security, and EOL changes.

Myles Bunbury
Myles Bunbury
At a Crossroads, Take a Broader View
Architecture · 9 min read

At a Crossroads, Take a Broader View

SAP Commerce expertise is less niche than it seems: its core concepts map to widely used e-commerce patterns, Java technologies, and transferable architecture skills.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
King. Dethroned.
E-Commerce · 13 min read

King. Dethroned.

Myles Bunbury examines why SAP Commerce Cloud lost its Forrester Wave leader position in 2020 and what that meant for the platform.

Myles Bunbury
Myles Bunbury
Development Tools · 9 min read

Using Native SQL in SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris)

A practical look at when and how to use native SQL in SAP Commerce Cloud, including JDBC access, caching, FlexibleSearch restrictions, and caveats.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev
What Does History Tell Us About The Upgrade Potential Of The Pending SAP Commerce Cloud v2005 Release? — Part 2
Release Notes · 5 min read

What Does History Tell Us About The Upgrade Potential Of The Pending SAP Commerce Cloud v2005 Release? — Part 2

A follow-up analysis of SAP Commerce Cloud v2005 release timing, support lifecycle changes, and what they imply for upgrade planning.

Myles Bunbury
Myles Bunbury
What Does History Tell Us About The Upgrade Potential Of The Pending SAP Commerce Cloud v2005 Release? — Part 1
Release Notes · 17 min read

What Does History Tell Us About The Upgrade Potential Of The Pending SAP Commerce Cloud v2005 Release? — Part 1

A historical analysis of SAP Commerce Cloud version adoption patterns and what they suggested for the pending v2005 release.

Myles Bunbury
Myles Bunbury
Troubleshooting Cronjob Issues (HMC, Triggers, etc.)
DevOps · 4 min read

Troubleshooting Cronjob Issues (HMC, Triggers, etc.)

A practical guide to diagnosing SAP Commerce cronjob scheduling issues caused by HMC trigger values and failed TriggerTask items.

Rauf Aliev
Rauf Aliev