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Shopify engineering describes replacing Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations, using MySQL's SKIP LOCKED feature to achieve high-throughput scaling during peak traffic and eliminate consistency issues between separate systems.
DukaanBench evaluates LLMs on Indian grocery store management, testing inventory, marketing, and perishability under capital constraints; GPT 5.5 succeeded.
The author shares a case study of implementing simple AI agents to automate lead generation, email marketing, and inventory tracking for a food distribution business, resulting in doubled monthly revenue and significantly reduced manual work.