Product discovery, argued from the facts.
Comparisons, merchandising teardowns and field notes for Shopify Plus teams. Every claim cited, every test repeatable.
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Using Multiple PgBouncers to Isolate Application and Worker Connections
On February 27, we had a rough afternoon. Multiple waves of automated traffic hit our platform while several merchants were already in busy windows. We’d been mitigating it since mid-morning, but at 1:51 PM, the...
Signal-driven health monitoring for HNSW indices w/ pgvector
Vector search in PostgreSQL has come a long way, and pgvector makes it simple: insert embeddings, create an HNSW index, and run ANN queries. At least for a while.
How Layers Restores Real Merchandising Control Through Smarter Sort Logic
Collection pages guide how shoppers move through a store, yet most brands leave their sort order untouched.
The Definitive Guide to Choosing a Smart Search App for Shopify
Choosing the right smart search app for your Shopify Plus store can make a big difference in your conversion rates, customer satisfaction, and revenue. With so many options out there, it’s important to know your needs, look at key features, and think about future growth. This guide will help you find a smart search solution that improves product discovery and delivers real results for your business.
Achieve Salesforce-Level Merchandising Sophistication on Shopify With Layers
Leaving Salesforce Commerce Cloud for Shopify is a decision more and more brands are making, but this move is not free of pitfalls. It means giving up familiar (and critical) search and merchandising functionalities.
Scaling Real‑Time Discovery: Inside Layers’ PlanetScale Migration
Layers is the only Search and Merchandising platform built exclusively for Shopify Plus. Our next-gen platform serves enterprise-level Shopify Plus users with large catalogs, at a fraction of the cost of competing tools. Layers currently powers hundreds of millions of dynamic requests daily (and growing quickly!).