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16 Jul 2026

PWA Studio & headless Magento 2: the road ahead

Decouple the storefront from Magento's Luma stack with PWA Studio or a custom headless front end over GraphQL — and where each approach pays off.

magento2pwaheadlessgraphql

14 Jul 2026

Upgrading Magento 2 safely — and profiling what changed

Major Magento 2 upgrades are a project, not a click. We cover a safe upgrade pipeline and how to profile before/after to prove the work paid off.

magento2upgradeperformance

12 Jul 2026

Magento 2 search with OpenSearch / Elasticsearch

Magento's catalog search runs on a dedicated engine — OpenSearch or Elasticsearch. We cover the index and the reindex pipeline for fast search at scale.

magento2searchopensearch

10 Jul 2026

Magento 2 cache architecture: Varnish, Redis & full-page cache

A production Magento 2 stack caches at several layers — Varnish in front, Redis for sessions and data, and the app full-page cache. Here is how they fit.

magento2cachevarnishredis

08 Jul 2026

Magento 2 multi-store, scopes & B2B basics

Magento's scope system lets one codebase serve many stores, currencies, and languages — and its B2B module models companies, shared catalogs, and quotes.

magento2multistoreb2b

06 Jul 2026

Magento 2 EAV & database: table prefix and schema

Magento's EAV model lets products carry arbitrary attributes without schema changes. We cover table prefixes and how they keep multi-tenant installs safe.

magento2eavdatabase

02 Jul 2026

Magento 2 events vs plugins: when to use which

Two ways to change Magento 2 behavior without touching core — plugins and event observers. Here is the decision framework the core team actually uses.

magento2eventsplugins

30 Jun 2026

Magento 2 modules, Dependency Injection & Plugin/Interceptor

How Magento 2 modules compose, how the Dependency Injection container wires them, and how the plugin system lets you change behavior without patching core.

magento2dipluginsmodules

28 Jun 2026

Anatomy of Magento 2: boot, bin/magento, pub/ web root & env.php

Walk the Magento 2 request lifecycle and meet the files that matter most — the CLI entry point, the pub/ web root, and the auto-generated env.php.

magento2architecturecli

26 Jun 2026

Standing up a local Magento 2 stack in 5 minutes with Govard

Spin up a complete Magento 2 environment — Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, Redis, Varnish, OpenSearch — with one command, and understand what each piece is for.

magento2govardlocal-devdocker

24 Jun 2026

Why Magento 2 still powers serious commerce in 2026

Magento 2 still powers serious B2B and high-SKU B2C stores in 2026. Here is why it remains a pragmatic scale choice — and where it shows its age.

magento2ecommercearchitecture

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