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How We Architect Search on Optimizely Commerce Builds: Graph, Coveo, and Knowing When You Need Both

How We Architect Search on Optimizely Commerce Builds: Graph, Coveo, and Knowing When You Need Both

Most CMS platforms ship with no search at all. You get a content management system, and then you're on your own figuring out how visitors are going to find anything. Optimizely is an exception. Between Search & Navigation (Find, to those of us who've been around

Building a Modern eCommerce Platform with Optimizely PaaS and Next.js SaaS Frontend - Part 3: Testing, Deployment & Monitoring

Introduction & Testing Strategy Overview In Part 1 and Part 2, we covered the architecture and frontend implementation of our headless eCommerce platform. Now it's time to tackle the operational side—the testing, deployment, and monitoring strategies that make this architecture production-ready. Testing a headless architecture presents unique

Building a Modern eCommerce Platform with Optimizely PaaS and Next.js SaaS Frontend – Part 2: Frontend Implementation

Introduction & Setup In Part 1, we explored the high-level architecture of our headless eCommerce platform—why we chose Optimizely PaaS for the backend and Next.js for the frontend, and how we structured the overall system for scalability and developer experience. Now we’ll dive into the frontend implementation—

Building a Modern eCommerce Platform with Optimizely PaaS and Next.js SaaS Frontend: Part 1 – Architecture Overview

Introduction When you're building a modern eCommerce experience, it's tempting to reach for familiar tools. But monoliths break down fast under real-world load—especially when content teams and developers are moving at different speeds. We wanted something better. So we built a platform that combines Optimizely’