Commerce Engineering and Architecture

This section demystifies the complex engineering choices—from the shift to Headless and Edge Computing to the intricacies of Core Web Vitals—that determine your site’s speed, scalability, and user experience.

Whether you are debugging a bottleneck or architecting a new platform, these are the technical definitions that power the modern web.

1. Monolith vs. Decoupled vs. Headless Why it's here: The single most important architectural conversation happening in ecommerce today. It defines the "what" and "why" of modernizing a legacy stack.

2. What is Edge Computing? Why it's here: This represents the future of speed. Moving logic closer to the user is a key competitive advantage, and "Edge" is a buzzword that needs a clear explanation for non-devs.

3. Core Web Vitals Why it's here: Google's performance metrics directly impact SEO and conversion. It’s the meeting point where technical code meets marketing results.

4. What is CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment)? Why it's here: The standard for modern development workflows. Explaining this helps stakeholders understand how updates happen and why "shipping fast" is safe.

5. Serverless vs. Traditional Hosting Why it's here: A major infrastructure decision that impacts cost and scaling. It’s a crucial concept for understanding how modern cloud-native applications are built.

6. What is Optimistic UI? Why it's here: A specific UX/Dev technique that makes apps feel "instant." Highlighting this shows you care about the feeling of the user experience, not just the backend code.

7. What Are Priority Hints? Priority Hints is a specification in the realm of web performance, currently a draft in the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

8. What Is Headless Authentication? Headless authentication refers to a method of authenticating a user in a headless environment, where the front-end and back-end systems operate independently.