A growing archive of Shopware, ecommerce, and AI-assisted development notes. The newest posts appear first.
A practical comparison of four German Shopware hosting specialists, including real strengths, limitations, pricing, support, and the type of store each provider fits best.
Shopify wins on speed and operational simplicity. Shopware becomes compelling when B2B, multiple markets, custom processes, deep integrations, and control matter over the next three to five years.
Weather intelligence already supports logistics. The next opportunity is to bring route risks, delivery windows, transparent costs, and demand signals directly into the B2B buying experience.
A busy Shopware day with staging-to-production go-lives, Shopware 5 to Shopware 6 migrations, careful preparation, and another Shopware 6.7 update.
When Shopware is not sending emails, first check whether all emails fail or only one template. Then review Flow Builder, mailer settings, disabled email delivery, logs, queues, and MailArchive.
If the Shopware Administration fails with a 500 Internal Server Error after upgrading to 6.7.11.1, update to 6.7.12.x when possible. Otherwise add shopware/conflicts and rerun Composer.
AI is not killing marketing. It is making repetitive, generic, and hard-to-prove work cheaper while making strategy and measurable value more important.
SEO, ads, marketplaces, and content still work, but online businesses need sharper tools, better niches, and faster adaptation.
A short note about building trust as a Shopware 6 freelancer through core work, plugins, updates, integrations, and production support.
AI has changed daily development work from writing every line manually to reviewing, testing, refining, and making better technical decisions.
A practical Codex workflow for real projects: inspect the task, review the implementation flow, then code only after the direction is clear.
A small but practical productivity win: comparing Shopware and Composer dependency versions between production and staging.
A practical guide to the Shopware 6.5 to 6.6 update, including the recommended Composer workflow and fixes for HttpKernel, JavaScript plugin, PHP, and media folder errors.