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