Shared on Mage Dispatch · 02 Aug 2024
This is the story of how a group of developers, businesses, and enthusiasts refused to let Magento fade into obscurity. It's a tale of resilience, innovation, and the unbreakable spirit of the Magento community.
I got the message on a regular weekday: “We lost almost the entire product catalog, around 10,000 products gone, only 100 left.” The client had no idea what happened. They suspected something went wrong after running a product import, but the CSV file in question looked harmless, it had just a few items. It shouldn’t have caused any damage. Yet, the damage was done.
It’s been far too long since I’ve shared an update on a passion project that I’ve been working on throughout the year, bit by bit. A project that makes my developer heart beat faster
Plugins are the brand new way of extending Magento 2 and, as often happens according to the law of the instrument, if all we have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This article will see the main differences between the good old events and plugins and when it still makes sense to use events instead of plugins to hook our customizations.
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