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Shipping headless commerce without losing the checkout

Tech

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

AI

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

Design

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

Case Studies

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

Tech

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

AI

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

Tech

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

Tech

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

Tech

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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