Two critical PHP core bugs allow unauthenticated remote code execution on almost every PHP version since 5.4. PHP fixed them on 21 October 2026. What is affected, how to check your shop, and what the workarounds do and don't cover.
Directive (EU) 2024/2853 brings software under strict product liability from 9 December 2026. Who can actually sue a Shopware plugin vendor or agency, why the Cyber Resilience Act matters more, and what to change in your contracts.
What METR, DORA and Stack Overflow actually measured about AI coding agents, and my own numbers from a year and a half of Shopware and Laravel client projects.
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode read your feed, not your theme. What AI shopping agents need from your product data and how to deliver it with Shopware.
Since 2 August 2026, AI chatbots in online shops have to disclose that they are AI. What Article 50 requires, what the Digital Omnibus did not change, who is responsible when the bot comes from a vendor, and what to check in Shopware.
Concrete values for Shopware 6.7: size the PHP-FPM pool from your RAM, set OPcache up for production, and split Redis between cache, sessions, and carts. With copy-paste snippets for www.conf, php.ini, and YAML.
Mandatory since 27 September 2026: the EU legal guarantee notice and the GARAN label. What the rules require, what Shopware ships from 6.6.10.24 and 6.7.14.0, and where you still have to do the work yourself.
Shopware 6 hosting after the 2026 price rises: system requirements, real monthly costs for Hetzner, netcup, maxcluster and Timme, and what managed hosting does not cover.
What's new in mitKai: GPT-5.1 models, Shopify integration, SEO meta generation, and CSV export — a product update for shop owners who want content at scale.
The developer and shop-owner guide to Shopware 6.6 → 6.7: admin overhaul (Vite, Pinia, Meteor), Redis for multi-server setups, ESI caching, and a step-by-step upgrade.
The developer's honest guide to Shopware 6.5 → 6.6 migration: Vue 3 admin overhaul, all.js removal, Symfony 7, SDK rename, and a step-by-step process.
Real Shopware 6 cost data: licensing, hosting, plugins, and setup — what you'll actually pay from starter to enterprise, based on 10+ years of real projects.
Manual, freelancer, agency, ChatGPT, or AI automation – an honest comparison of every method for online shops with 500+ products
What it really takes to make AI write product copy – from prompt engineering to quality control, based on 60,000+ generated descriptions
Agents, embeddings, tools, and structured output – the new Laravel AI SDK in practice with code examples from a real project
When Shopware 6 is the right choice and when it isn't – honest answers from 10+ years of Shopware development, not a sales brochure.