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Commerce
CinderCommerce
A planned spiritual successor to Magento 1, targeting the mid-market segment Adobe abandoned. Headless-first, B2B/B2C hybrid, built on Elixir. Currently exists as research and strategy docs, not code.
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Selected grabsWhy this exists
Magento 1 was great. Magento 2 was a mess. Adobe Commerce pivoted to enterprise and left the mid-market ($1M-$50M revenue) with no good options. Shopify is too limiting, Adobe is too expensive, and the open-source alternatives are life support for a dying ecosystem. Someone should build what Magento 3 should have been.
Current state
Research and planning only. Market analysis, competitive positioning, and architecture docs exist. No production code yet. This is a continuation of the CrimsonCommerce concept with clearer focus.
What I learned
The market opportunity is real—$155B GMV stuck on legacy Magento with nowhere good to go. But building an ecommerce platform is a multi-year commitment, not a side project. Honesty about scope matters.
What's next
Parked until other projects generate enough runway to justify the investment. If AuroraGRC or MapleArmory take off, this gets revisited.