How Commerce as Code Can Fix the Way Developers Build Commerce

Have you ever wondered how long it would take your company to rebuild the entire tech stack if a disaster wiped out your production commerce infrastructure? Would anyone still remember how everything was configured, down to the last bit?

Codifying your configuration ensures the “how” outlasts your dev team's tribal knowledge and provides a reliable blueprint for recovery. This is precisely what “as Code” services revolutionized in software development.

It all started with tools like Terraform, which let developers build and manage Infrastructure as Code. Rather than clicking on IaaS dashboards to configure services, configurations were stored as code, allowing for automation and version control. This was soon followed by all kinds of “as Code” services: from CMS as Code (think Contentful for all types of content) to Policy as Code (like Puppet for automating rules) and even Monitoring as Code (with tools like Checkly).

CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, says, “Every company is a software company.” Regardless of industry, a business needs to adopt a software-first mindset to stay competitive in the digital age. This means that it doesn’t matter if you sell groceries, shoes, or subscriptions – in the end, you are a software company. And as such, you should make sure the developers working on your commerce project are following the best practices.

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