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How We Discovered the Scope of Open Mercato’s Financial Module

Before writing a single line of code for the Open Mercato financial module, we spent an entire day in front of a wall covered in sticky notes. Developers, members of the platform's core team and an expert with first-hand accounting experience all came together in one room.

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Dev-Zone 22.10.2026

Symfony Components: What Are They and How Are They Used in PHP Applications?

Symfony is often described as a PHP framework, but at its core are around fifty independent libraries. Each solves a specific problem, while the framework brings them together through shared configuration and conventions.

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Sylius vs Magento: A Comprehensive E-commerce Platform Comparison

Choosing an e-commerce platform affects much more than the initial launch of an online store. It also influences future development, integrations with other systems and the total cost of maintaining the platform over the years. It is a decision that can shape your architecture, business processes and the organization's ability to evolve for a long time.

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We're Building the Open Mercato Financial Module. Starting with the Chart of Accounts and General Ledger

Commerce Weavers is taking responsibility for building the Open Mercato financial module. The first iteration covers the chart of accounts and general ledger. We're starting with these because the accounting areas that follow need a common place to record financial data. In this article, we explain why we chose this order, how the new foundation is intended to work with existing modules and what else is included in the planned scope. This is the first part of a series on the Open Mercato financial module – in the following parts, we'll report on progress in the next areas.

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News 28.09.2026

Commerce Weavers Takes Third Place at the Open Mercato Hackathon with a Warehouse Operator Panel

Commerce Weavers took third place in the Solve Your Real Problem track at the Open Mercato hackathon in Wrocław. We built a prototype of a mobile warehouse operator panel that supports day-to-day warehouse operations and records them in the Open Mercato system.

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Dev-Zone 17.09.2026

Symfony: What Is It, What Is It Used For and When Should You Choose This PHP Framework?

Choosing a framework may seem like a purely technical decision. In practice, however, it affects much more than how developers write code. The technology can influence application development and maintenance costs, extensibility, integrations with other systems, access to specialists and even how easily you can switch software providers. One of the frameworks used to build PHP projects is Symfony. It was created in 2005 by the French company SensioLabs and has since grown into a mature ecosystem of components, tools, documentation and specialists.

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The Sylius framework & e-commerce strategy playbook

Drawing on over a decade of hands-on experience within the Sylius and Symfony ecosystem, we architect complex B2B and B2C platforms, rescue projects stifled by technical debt, and scale development teams. We share only what we’ve battle-tested in production – from initial framework architecture to deep-level code patterns and industry insights. Zero theorizing. Pure engineering

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We’ve validated these solutions across dozens of scalable e-commerce implementations. Whether you're architecting a new platform from scratch or refactoring legacy systems to eliminate technical debt – let's talk. Build a system that won't hold your business back.