Martin Miles

It is almost certain that any DevOps approaches the challenges of implementing SSL certificates at some time. Of course, there are free certificates, such as the well-known Lets Encrypt. As with any free solution, it has a number of limitations, all the restrictions are detailed on the certificate provider page for you to read. Some […]

I’ve been recently asked to provide a Docker containers troubleshooting session with my colleagues, as containers technology is taking over Sitecore development and both Headless SDK scaffolding tool and XM Cloud use it for providing starterkits. Once seeing an error message, sometimes not that much explanatory it is worth checking these basic things prior to […]

Docker has decided to sunset v1 of Compose so we need to update our docker stuff. Sitecore is working at their end to bring all the required support. Let’s take a look at what actions we as developers need to take in order to migrate to v2 smoothly. What is Docker Compose? Docker Compose simplifies […]

Many of you who want to start a headless solution come into a situation where there is a lot of information available and it is difficult to identify which approach to take. Sitecore features decent documentation, but it covers only part of a desired solution and is segmented. This post will address the problem and […]

Sitecore Search is a new composable SaaS offering released recently that is based on the acquired product called Reflection, built on top of ElasticSearch. Sitecore Search is impressively fast, with standards set to be under half of a second roundtrip timeline. Almost all interaction with it and configuration is dome from UI, the coding aspect […]

Coveo has been used with Sitecore for a while, as has proven its strength through various frameworks such as Coveo Hive which has been the traditional approach to creating Coveo-powered solutions in Sitecore for years. With the recent boost of composable and headless solutions, Hive became the legacy and Coveo has to come up with a […]

In part 1 we considered options of implementing a unified search by our own means and effort of implementing it into our head application. This post will highlight how it compares with the offering from SearchStax, known as SearchStax Studio. And due to SearchStax being provided as a part of Sitecore Managed Cloud, this option […]

Over the past decade, we used to rely on old good ContentSearch API, but sadly or not – it will not stay with us on a journey to a bright and shiny composable world. In this blog post, we’ll compare the alternatives to it and help you choose the one that better suits your requirements. […]

Amazing how these two play so well together! XM Cloud Components app brings a new revolutionary approach to building your pixel-perfect UI, with a rich toolset that covers almost any needs. With a Datasource feature, it can consume data structures of any complexity and so easily map fields from it to your bespoke front end. […]

When it comes to content management, how would you deal with automating it? You’ve probably thought of Data Exchange Framework for setting up content import from external sources on a regular basis, or Sitecore PowerShell Extensions as the universal Swiss Army knife that allows doing everything. Sitecore XM Cloud is a modern SaaS solution and […]

Next.js is a wonderful framework and paired with its vendor platform (Vercel) it indeed provides exceptional capabilities for building natively headless applications. That unfortunately shadows out another great SDK for headless implementations – .NET Core Renderings, which in my opinion is undervalued. So, I decided to give it some more care by making it work […]

I have some excellent news, so please make sure you read to the end. But to start with, let me share a story of mine with you. It was 2016 when I made my first trip to SUGCON which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first time I met the global Sitecore community […]