Flying to Tokyo to Solve a Massive Problem - Shawn Abramson

Smash the Bug: Episode 31

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Your host: Joseph Maxwell, Founder and CEO of SwiftOtter, Inc.

Special Guest: Shawn Abramson, multi-certified Magento Technical Architect at Adobe, Inc. 

Show Notes

Shawn Abramson recently made the switch from an agency to working directly with Adobe as a Magento Architect. The majority of his projects are large in scale, but in order to solve a problem, one of them took him to a place he's never been before. How far have YOU gone to smash a bug?

3:30

What does a Magento architect’s day look like (tasks, teams and projects)? 

5:18

Part one of Shawn’s intense challenge that took him all the way to Tokyo in order to solve a problem. Due to the way their Magento setup was configured, they had to make really hard decisions about how their databases were going to communicate and how new products were going to be launched. Spoiler alert: it seemed like a truly impossible situation.

10:05

Shawn’s great experience with implementing PWA on this big project, getting some much-needed help from Jisse Reitsma. Shawn explains how developers seem to fall into two different boxes when it comes to Magento front-end. 

12:20

Part two of Shawn’s challenge overseas and how difficult dealing with customer data was in China. Data had to be strategically placed and moved, orders had to go through WeChat, and fulfillment/shipping got complicated.

16:10

Shawn’s advice to developers who are just starting out and/or looking to grow. He talks about mindset, goals and what to occupy yourself with in your spare time.

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