Articles
Field notes on agent-ready commerce
Plain-English writing on the questions that come up when you build a store agents can use: what agentic commerce actually is, how MCP fits, what self-hosting and the BSL 1.1 really mean, and how catalogs move. No hype — we concede where other approaches make more sense.
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Agentic commerce · 5 min
What is agentic commerce?
When the shopper — or the merchant — is an AI agent, not a human clicking a mouse. What actually changes, and what doesn't.
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Protocols · 6 min
MCP for e-commerce: a safe way to let agents shop and sell
The Model Context Protocol lets agents discover and call tools. Why an MCP endpoint is not a REST API with a new hat.
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Self-hosting · 6 min
Self-hosting your store: what you actually own
Owning the database, the binaries, and the audit log — what it buys you, what it costs, and when a SaaS platform is smarter.
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Licensing · 6 min
Source-available vs open source: what the BSL 1.1 means
Source-available is not the same as open source. A plain reading of the Business Source License 1.1 and what it lets you do.
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.NET · 5 min
Vibe coding a real store on .NET
Genuinely productive on .NET — right up until real money is involved. How to get the speed without the blast radius.
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Migration · 6 min
Moving a catalog off your old platform
Bulk import plus an ERP feed plus a small adapter — not a magic button. The honest anatomy of moving products.
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