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Engineering6 min read

Background Jobs Done Right: Sidekiq, BullMQ, and Celery Compared

Sidekiq vs BullMQ vs Celery: how the three big background job systems actually compare in 2026, when each one wins, and what we ship in production.

August 31, 2026

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Engineering7 min read

TypeScript Everywhere: When One Language Across Your Stack Actually Makes Sense

TypeScript on the frontend and backend can save coordination cost or sink your team. Here's when full-stack TS is the right call, and when it isn't.

August 20, 2026

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Engineering7 min read

PostgreSQL Is the Only Database You Need (Until It Isn't)

Postgres handles 90% of SaaS workloads. JSONB, full-text, pgvector, queues. Here's when it's enough, and the four cases where we reach for something else.

August 17, 2026

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Playbook9 min read

Migrating from Magento to Shopify: A Step-by-Step Playbook

A practical playbook for moving from Magento to Shopify: redirect maps, data migration, SEO, real costs, and timelines. What breaks and how to avoid it.

July 27, 2026

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Engineering8 min read

Why We Still Choose Rails for B2B SaaS in 2026

Rails powers Shopify's $14.6B Black Friday. Here's why we keep choosing it for B2B SaaS, what Rails 8 changes, and when we'd pick something else.

July 19, 2026Updated

Insights8 min read

Shopify Plus Pricing Explained: What It Costs and Who It's For

What Shopify Plus actually costs in 2026, the real total beyond the sticker price, and the point where upgrading pays off. A directional, no-hype guide.

July 9, 2026

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Engineering10 min read

Programmatic SEO: How We Generated 250,000 Pages From Open Data

A practical guide to programmatic SEO: how to turn a structured dataset into hundreds of thousands of indexable pages without building a doorway-page farm.

June 26, 2026

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Engineering11 min read

Semantic Search in Postgres with pgvector and Self-Hosted Embeddings

How to add semantic search to a Postgres app with pgvector and a self-hosted embedding model. The real tradeoffs, grounded in a product we shipped.

June 24, 2026

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Playbook8 min read

How to Hire a Shopify Developer: A Practical Guide

Where to find Shopify developers, how to vet them, what they cost, and how to scope the work so you don't get a nasty surprise. A hiring guide, not a pitch.

June 23, 2026