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Magento learnings that matter
Practical guides, performance, and operations for enterprise‑mid ecommerce.
17 Feb 2026
Magento 2 at peak traffic: how to avoid lock storms during reindex
A practical guide to reduce catalog and checkout lock contention while reindex runs in production.
Read more25 Jan 2026
Magento 2: how to read the checkout profiler without getting lost
A practical guide to find real checkout bottlenecks with the native profiler.
Read more18 Jan 2026
Redis in Magento: 5 common mistakes that break performance
It’s not “enable Redis and done”. These mistakes kill hit rate.
Read more11 Jan 2026
Varnish + Magento: headers that actually matter in production
Small headers, big cache differences.
Read more04 Jan 2026
Checkout onepage: when to use plugins vs events
Picking the right extension point prevents production spaghetti.
Read more28 Dec 2025
Magento indexers: real optimization and when to run them
The right indexer mode depends on size and operations.
Read more21 Dec 2025
Magento + MySQL: the 3 queries I always check first
If it’s slow, it’s usually one of these.
Read more14 Dec 2025
Zero‑downtime deploys in Magento: a realistic checklist
Zero downtime exists—when done properly.
Read more07 Dec 2025
MSI in Magento: when to simplify and when not to
Not every store needs full MSI.
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