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Shipping headless commerce without losing the checkout
A practical path from monolith storefront to headless — and the pitfalls that stall conversions.
Omar Farouk · 2026-06-12 · 6 min
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An evaluation harness before you ship the chatbot
Why golden sets and regression evals belong in the same pipeline as unit tests.
Layla Hassan · 2026-05-28 · 6 min
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Design systems that engineers actually use
Tokens, constraints, and the one Figma file you should delete.
Nina Alvarez · 2026-04-19 · 6 min
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Rebuilding fintech onboarding without losing compliance
How a regional payments team cut drop-off while keeping KYC intact.
Karim Nasser · 2026-03-08 · 6 min
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The observability starter we install on day two
Logs, traces, and a single dashboard that answers: is the customer stuck?
Omar Farouk · 2026-02-14 · 6 min
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AI in operations is a workflow problem
Agents fail when the SOP is unclear. Fix the process, then automate the edges.
Layla Hassan · 2026-01-22 · 6 min
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App Router seams that keep a Next.js app honest
Server components, cached reads, and the boundaries we refuse to blur.
Omar Farouk · 2025-12-11 · 6 min
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Preview apps that stakeholders actually click
GitHub Actions, ephemeral URLs, and the review comment that replaces a meeting.
Karim Nasser · 2025-11-18 · 6 min
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React Native without a leaky native bridge
When we drop to native modules, and how we keep the JS side boring.
Omar Farouk · 2025-10-09 · 6 min
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