Magento 2 Patching at Scale
Demo monorepo showcasing approaches for distributing patches across lots of Magento 2 Projects at scale, with practical examples and best practices.
Production-tested guides, tools, and insights from 8+ years of building, securing, and scaling Magento 2 stores in production.
Magento 2 (now Adobe Commerce) remains one of the most powerful and flexible ecommerce platforms available - but it demands deep operational knowledge to run well. From navigating Adobe's patching strategy to configuring Varnish correctly, from defending against real-world attacks to building reliable deployment pipelines, there's a lot that separates a Magento store that works from one that works well.
This resource hub brings together everything I've written about Magento across blog posts, technical documentation, and open-source projects. Whether you're a Magento developer looking for debugging tips, a DevOps engineer building CI/CD pipelines, or a technical lead evaluating your store's security posture โ you'll find practical, production-tested content here.
Every guide is based on 8+ years of hands-on experience operating Magento stores in production for UK agencies and merchants. I've responded to active security incidents, analysed real malware samples, reported vulnerabilities to Adobe, and built CI/CD tooling used across multiple teams โ not theoretical knowledge.
CVE response guides, malware analysis, security hardening, and DevSecOps practices for Magento 2 stores.
28 articles & guidesCI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, infrastructure as code, and operational best practices.
39 articles & guidesVarnish caching, frontend optimisation, build tuning, and performance monitoring for production stores.
9 articles & guidesPractical AI-assisted development for Magento 2 โ what works, what needs oversight, and how to do it safely.
1 articles & guidesRecent blog posts covering Magento development, security, DevOps, and more.
An open source Playwright end to end testing suite for Magento 2.4.7 to 2.4.9 and Mage-OS, with Luma and Hyvรค supported out of the box, adapted to a store through five JSON config files instead of a per-client fork.
m2-meta-security-patches now applies patches through samjuk/magento-patch-installer instead of vaimo/composer-patches. Two config lines, one composer update, and it coexists with vaimo or cweagans.
Adobe shipped two Magento 2 security patches a day apart โ the StyleSmuggler emergency fix (VULN-39341 / APSB26-146) and September's routine isolated patch (2026-09-001 / APSB26-138). Both are now wired into m2-meta-security-patches.
How to detect, contain and recover from StyleSmuggler (CVE-2026-75650 / VULN-39341, APSB26-146) โ the actively exploited Magento and Adobe Commerce zero-day RCE.
APSB26-92 is Adobe Commerce's August 2026 isolated security patch, stacking on top of July's. Here's what's in it, WAF rules for the account takeover, the July packaging problems now fixed properly, and a vaimo/composer-patches bug that silently reverts your patches.
APSB26-73 is Adobe Commerce's July 2026 isolated security patch, covering 2.4.6-p15, 2.4.7-p10, 2.4.8-p5 and 2.4.9. Here's what's in it, the non-cumulative gotcha that trips people up, and the fastest way to apply it.
In-depth technical docs and step-by-step guides for Magento developers and operators.
Setup guides and essential configuration for new Magento projects
App/code structure, debugging, and RequireJS guides
Updates, patching, media management, and SCD optimisation
CVE response guides and pre-production security
Adobe Commerce Cloud configuration and store codes
Database schema comparison and troubleshooting tools
Magento-related tools, modules, and infrastructure projects.
Demo monorepo showcasing approaches for distributing patches across lots of Magento 2 Projects at scale, with practical examples and best practices.
Automated deployment of temporary Magento 2 environments for pull requests, using anonymised production data to reduce risk and speed up reviews
Public tool for validating Magento stores against the critical CosmicSting vulnerability (CVE-2024-34102)
Ansible role for either triggering ondemand Sansec Malware scans or configuring scheduled scanning across an entire fleet of distributed infrastructure
Zero-touch Magento core and module updates using Dependabot, automated E2E testing, and continuous deployment - enabling non-technical teams to manage security patches independently.
Composer package for the FishPig WordPress theme with automated build system, enabling modern dependency management in professional WordPress workflows via Packagist.
Iโve been working with Magento for 8+ years, based in Cardiff, Wales. Focusing on performance, security, and scalability across UK agencies and merchants. Happy to connect with other developers and engineers.