12 posts
02 Sept 2026
How to express the interactive widgets Luma built with Knockout and RequireJS using Alpine.js in Hyva — x-data components, events, and fetching without a global binding engine.
02 Sept 2026
A Hyva Checkout payment method bound its activation listener once and on the wrong step, so Apple Pay disabled the real button and double-fired the order.
01 Sept 2026
How Magento 2 assembles pages from layout XML, and how Hyva overrides differ from Luma — same composition model, Tailwind markup instead of Knockout, and a smaller template surface.
31 Aug 2026
How to scaffold a Hyva child theme, configure Tailwind, wire the build pipeline, and define design tokens so your storefront compiles to one small CSS file.
31 Aug 2026
Wrapping the hero image in an Alpine x-if meant it wasn't the LCP node, and fetchpriority landed on the wrong element. A small template change moved the metric.
30 Aug 2026
Inside a Hyva theme — Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, and PHP view models — and how the three pillars replace Knockout, RequireJS, and client-side view models without touching your backend.
29 Aug 2026
Hyva is the right call for most Luma stores, but not all. The cases where a slim Tailwind theme is the wrong tool — module gaps, headless mandates, complex B2B, and license math that does not close.
29 Aug 2026
A no-results handler ran on every search, so pages with results still showed the 'no results' title, meta, and breadcrumb.
28 Aug 2026
A side-by-side decision matrix for the three common Magento 2 storefront paths — default Luma, a headless PWA, and Hyva — across cost, effort, performance, and team fit.
27 Aug 2026
What Hyva Theme is in 2026, why it ships dramatically less JavaScript than Luma, and the licensing model you should understand before committing to a migration.
19 Aug 2026
How to see a Magento 2 store like an operator — centralize logs, track slow queries and cache hit rate, and trace requests so the audit checklist has real signals.
17 Aug 2026
A practical walkthrough of running a real Magento 2 store on Govard — Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, Redis, Varnish, OpenSearch wired once, so local matches production.
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