Magento Open Source
Magento Open Source development: custom modules, upgrades, migrations from Magento 1, hosting and performance tuning.
Magento and Pronto, with a proper handover
Integrating a Magento store with the Pronto ERP, with documented workflows, Cloudways hosting and Bitbucket Pipelines, and a handover that lets the platform run without its builders.
PHP’s October 2026 security release: update, restart, verify
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fix two CVSS 9.2 remote code execution flaws. How to find every PHP runtime, update it properly and make sure the fix is actually running.
Adobe Commerce security patches, September to October 2026
Three Adobe Commerce security releases, an exploited zero-day and a critical PHP update in six weeks: what to apply, in what order, and how to do it across many stores.
BlockStrap and APSB26-153: check your patch actually applied
October’s CVSS 10.0 template-engine flaw bypassed the September fix. What APSB26-153 contains, and why verifying the deployed code matters more than a green pipeline.
StyleSmuggler: responding to a Magento zero-day
CVE-2026-75650 was exploited for three days before a fix existed. Edge rules, hardening, the hotfix, hunting for compromise and rotating secrets: the response in layers.
Enforce code quality before review with GrumPHP
Formatting and coding-standard checks belong to a machine. Setting up GrumPHP with the Magento coding standard, rolling it out sensibly, and backing it up in the pipeline.
Optimising Magento 2 Performance on AWS
Where Magento 2 performance actually comes from on AWS: caching layers, right-sized data services, indexers and the measurements that tell you what to fix first.
Troubleshooting Varnish Caching Issues
A practical checklist for the usual Varnish problems in commerce: low hit rates, stale content, leaked personalisation and purges that never arrive.