While implementing Apple Pay on the Bixoto checkout, a collegue of mine was struggling with strange errors on iOS, but couldn’t properly debug it from their Linux computer. Thankfully, it’s possible to get the debugger to work on Linux, although the experience is not exactly smooth. The commands used in this guide are for Ubuntu … Read more
When we started Bixoto.com, we chose Magento for the website because at that time it was the best open-source platform for ecommerce with an API to deal with supply and catalog, and later to go headless. In July 2023, we replaced 99% of the frontend with SvelteKit, and kept only some essential pages in Magento for now. This … Read more
At Bixoto we have a lot of apps deployed using Dokku and we are very happy with it. However, for some complex apps we would like to be able to use docker-compose.yml files, but Dokku doesn’t support them. Back in February, we deployed a Coolify instance on a new server. Coolify looked like a good … Read more
At Bixoto we strive to have a fast and efficient website so our customers can buy their Christmas gifts even if they are outside on a 3G connection. One of our goal in the last months was to completely eliminate the layout shifts from all the pages, something that’s measured as the “Cumulative Layout Shift” … Read more
Serving localhost with HTTPS is a common need while developping a Web application that needs resources from another host, but it’s cumbersome because of the CORS issues and the need to install self-signed certificates or disable security features in the browser. Thankfully, Pierre-Mikael Legris, a developer in Switzerland, recently released Backloop.dev: the DNS entries for … Read more