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Notes from the build floor
We write about what we ship: performance, integrations, automation, and the messy middle where storefronts meet operations.
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16 Apr 2026 · Shopify, Hiring, South Africa
Hiring a Shopify developer in South Africa: questions that reveal quality (not buzzwords)
A practical interview checklist for founders and ops leads — focused on reliability, ownership, and how a developer behaves when Shopify, carriers, and payments misbehave.
Read article13 Apr 2026 · South Africa, Durban, Shopify
Working with a Durban-based Shopify studio: timezones, delivery, and how we run projects
What it actually means to partner with a South African team on Shopify builds, integrations, and automation — without the usual agency theatre.
Read article04 Apr 2026 · South Africa, Shopify, Launch
E-commerce launch in South Africa: payments, fulfilment, and the reality your storefront has to reflect
A straight checklist of constraints SA shoppers feel — and what to wire into Shopify, messaging, and support before you scale paid traffic.
Read article30 Mar 2026 · Shopify, Migration, Operations
Replatforming to Shopify: a risk checklist for ops teams (not just marketing)
Redirects, integrations, stock truth, customer accounts, and cutover weekend planning — the items that decide whether migration week is boring or catastrophic.
Read article20 Mar 2026 · CMS, Property, Internal tools
Property listings and lead ops: when a custom CMS beats generic SaaS limits
How we think about listings, enquiries, maintenance workflows, and team permissions for property teams — built around how you work, not a lowest-common-denominator product.
Read article18 Mar 2026 · WMS, Shopify, Operations
WMS-style order visibility for Shopify teams (without spreadsheet chaos)
Why ‘everyone has a tab open’ breaks at scale — and what to build so fulfilment, support, and leadership see the same order story.
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