Field notes

Notes from running the systems.

Written from production, not research — the edge cases, failure modes, and fixes from systems we operate on live stores.

Operations6 min read

How to keep Shopify inventory in sync across multiple vendors

Why multi-vendor sync actually breaks, the normalization approach that holds up, and the edge cases nobody warns you about — from a system syncing 42,865+ products today.

Agentic commerce5 min read

What is agentic commerce, actually?

Strip the hype: agents that transact versus agents that browse, why tool APIs replace scraping, and a checklist for whether your catalog is agent-readable.