Medusa vs Vendure: Two TypeScript Commerce Frameworks Compared
Both are TypeScript, both are self-hosted, both are good. The differences are in the extension model, the API style, and how much structure you want imposed.
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Architecture articles
Articles tagged Architecture — hands-on notes from the commerce builds we ship.
Building a Custom Payment Provider for Medusa
The provider interface method by method, a working implementation, and the idempotency and webhook details that separate a demo from something you can take money with.
Medusa vs Saleor: TypeScript REST or Python GraphQL
Two credible open-source commerce platforms with opposite technical bets. Which one fits depends far more on your team than on the feature lists.
Medusa Project Structure: Where Every Kind of Code Belongs
Medusa loads code by convention. A directory-by-directory guide to what goes where, and the decision tree for placing any new piece of logic.
Payment Providers in Medusa: Architecture, Choice and Failover
How Medusa's payment abstraction works, why running two providers is easier than you think, and the authorise-versus-capture decision that determines your refund story.
Medusa Events and Subscribers: Reacting Without Coupling
How Medusa's event bus works, when a subscriber is the right tool instead of a workflow step, and the retry semantics you need to design around.
The Medusa JS SDK: Querying, Auth and the fields Parameter
The SDK is thin on purpose. What it handles, how authentication differs between store and admin, and why the fields parameter is the difference between a fast storefront and a slow one.
The Medusa Container: Dependency Injection Without the Ceremony
Everything in Medusa is resolved from a container. What is registered, how scoping works per request, and how to avoid the two mistakes that cause leaks.
Medusa Module Links: Relating Data Across Isolated Modules
Modules cannot reference each other's tables, so how do you attach a brand to a product? Links — and the query layer that reads across them.
Medusa Workflows Explained: Steps, Compensation and Why They Matter
Workflows are how Medusa keeps multi-step commerce operations from leaving your data half-written. How steps and compensation work, and how to build one properly.
Medusa v2 Modules Explained: Building Custom Commerce Domains
Modules are the unit of everything in Medusa v2. What they are, why isolation matters, and how to build one that will not embarrass you in a year.
What Is Medusa? The Open-Source Commerce Platform, Explained
Medusa is a TypeScript commerce framework you run yourself. Here is what that actually means, who it suits, who it does not, and how it differs from every hosted platform you have used.