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- Guides & Insights
Sep 15, 2026 · 13 min read
Avada's Zero-Click RCE (CVE-2026-18431): What Every Avada Site Owner Needs to Do This Week
A 9.8-rated flaw lets anyone on the internet write PHP to an unpatched Avada site. Which versions are exposed, why your dashboard may be hiding the update, how to check all three Avada components,...
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- Guides & Insights
Sep 15, 2026 · 43 min read
ClickFix: The Fake Cloudflare Page Hijacking Thousands of WordPress Sites, Explained
Thousands of WordPress sites are serving a fake Cloudflare 'Verify you are human' page that installs malware on visitors. How ClickFix works, how the sites get hacked, why cracked themes make it...
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- Guides & Insights
Aug 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Google's August 2026 Spam Update: What It Hit and Why
Google's August 2026 spam update explained: what it targets, why sites lost visibility, our own Search Console data, and how to protect your rankings.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jul 27, 2026 · 58 min read
Composable Commerce on Shopify in 2026: Architecture, Real Costs, and the Agentic Shift
What composable commerce really costs on Shopify in 2026, when headless is worth it, and how the new agentic stack changes the answer. With real numbers.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jul 19, 2026 · 13 min read
Shopify vs WooCommerce for D2C Brands in India (2026)
Shopify or WooCommerce for your Indian D2C brand in 2026? Real INR costs, the Shopify fee stack, COD, GST, and Shiprocket compared, with an honest verdict.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 9, 2026 · 12 min read
Best Shopify Development Agencies in 2026 (UK and US)
Seven Shopify development companies compared for UK and US brands. Written by one of the seven, and we name where each competitor beats us.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Shopify vs WooCommerce in 2026: An Honest Comparison for DTC Founders
Shopify vs WooCommerce for US and UK DTC brands in 2026: real cost structure, customization, performance, SEO and AI search, migration paths, and a clear decision framework.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 5, 2026 · 10 min read
Shopify Custom Shipping Rates: Building a Carrier Service for Niche Logistics
Shopify custom shipping rates for oversized, hazmat and refrigerated goods need a Carrier Service. The build, the callback, the 10s budget and fallback.
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- AI & Vibe Coding
Jun 4, 2026 · 10 min read
When to Hire a Developer vs When to Keep Vibe Coding
The seven stage-of-product signals that tell you your AI-built app has outgrown DIY. Regulated data, SLA commitments, real onboarding, multi-region, diligence, security reviews, audits.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 4, 2026 · 10 min read
Where to Place Reviews on the Product Page: A/B Test Results From 200K Sessions
Above the fold summary plus below-fold full reviews, or integrated reviews throughout? Tested on 200K sessions across eight stores. The pattern that won and the three where it lost.
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- For Founders
Jun 3, 2026 · 12 min read
The Operations Tech Stack We Deploy for Every New Small-Business Client
Our standard small-business ops stack. n8n, Claude, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, Stripe, and Shopify or WooCommerce. Why these seven, how they compose into one system, and what we swap for...
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 2, 2026 · 8 min read
Homepage Hero Sections: What A/B Tests Taught Us Across 40+ Shopify Builds
Hero types ranked across 40+ Shopify builds: lifestyle photo, product-only, video loop, text-led, collection mosaic. Which wins by brand stage and product type, plus the LCP trade-offs most teams...
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 2, 2026 · 9 min read
Shopify Functions for SMBs: Three Use-Cases Worth Building
Shopify Functions for SMBs: three use-cases worth building, discount, delivery and payment customization, with starter code and honest build-cost notes.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Jun 1, 2026 · 10 min read
Shopify vs WordPress for a Content-Led Brand With a Small Product Range
Shopify vs WordPress content question for a 12-50 SKU brand: where Shopify's blog falls short, where WooCommerce wins, and the hybrid build that beats both.
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- AI & Vibe Coding
May 31, 2026 · 10 min read
Vibe Coding Plus Agency Retainer: The Model That Actually Works
How to structure an agency retainer when you ship daily with Lovable or Bolt but need humans for deploy, audits, incidents, and monthly ops. Pricing, scope, and the clauses that matter.
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- For Founders
May 31, 2026 · 10 min read
Weekly Reporting Automation: The Founder's Monday Morning Setup
Pull metrics from Stripe, Shopify, HubSpot, and GA4 every Sunday night. Generate a Monday-morning markdown summary with Claude. Email it to yourself. The exact setup we run for ourselves and most of...
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
May 30, 2026 · 10 min read
Add to Cart vs Buy Now: The Experiment We Ran on 12 Stores
Meta-analysis of a single A/B test run across twelve Shopify PDPs. Where Add to Cart wins, where Buy Now wins, and the implementation nuance that flips the result.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
May 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Collection Page Filtering: UX Decisions That Hurt or Help Conversion
Filter-apply behavior, facet counts, mobile drawers, and URL persistence. The Shopify collection filtering defaults that kill conversion and the patterns we use instead.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
May 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Using Shopify as a Headless CMS for a Marketing Site
How to use Shopify as a headless CMS: keep checkout native, build marketing pages headless. When this hybrid wins for content-led commerce brands.
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- AI & Vibe Coding
May 28, 2026 · 11 min read
The Technical Debt AI Tools Create (And What to Do About It)
AI tools generate code that works today but is hard to modify tomorrow. The five categories of AI-specific tech debt we find most, and the refactor patterns that pay them down without a full rewrite.
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- For Founders
May 27, 2026 · 10 min read
Sales CRM Automation With Claude and Apollo
An end-to-end inbound lead flow. Webhook to Apollo enrichment to Claude triage to CRM to Slack. Prompt templates, confidence thresholds, and guardrails that keep false positives out of your Tier 1...
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
May 27, 2026 · 9 min read
Shopify Subscriptions: Tax & VAT Handling for UK and EU Stores
Shopify subscriptions tax for UK and EU stores: OSS thresholds, post-Brexit VAT, B2B reverse charge, refund reversal and which apps get recurring tax right.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
May 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Mobile Product Page CRO: Seven Patterns That Compound
Sticky ATC bar, accordion details, variant chips, swipe gallery, size-chart modal, mobile-first reviews, and accelerated checkout priority. Seven Shopify mobile PDP patterns that together lift...
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- AI & Vibe Coding
May 25, 2026 · 10 min read
What to Include in a Lovable Handoff to an Agency
The package a founder should send to an agency that is picking up a Lovable project. Repo access, Supabase credentials, env vars, design tokens, roadmap, known issues, and the secrets rotation nobody...
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