The Bold Decision That Shocked My CTO
The Bold Decision That Shocked My CTO
Do you remember the OCAPI story?
How it caught me off guard?
If not, read this first ⏳ → Link to the story
It will take you just a couple of minutes, but it will click in your mind.
Because today’s story?
Same project.
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But this time, it's about a bold decision.
A decision that no one dared to bring up.
Too complex.
Too risky.
Too new.
Even my CTO had a mental meltdown when I suggested it.
Being bold isn’t enough. You need knowledge.
Let me explain.
The project was huge.
Many countries, Europe and the U.S.
Same company, same products...
But different rules.
Different payment gateways.
Different shipping & tracking logic.
Different logistics.
🚨 And yet… we had all the code in ONE cartridge.
At first, it seemed fine.
But after a few months…
💀 The code became a nightmare.
If Europe, do this.
If U.S., do that.
If Europe, apply this logic.
If U.S., use another.
A mess. A Frankenstein.
And I saw it coming.
So I raised my hand and said:
🚨 This is NOT scalable. We need to fix it. NOW.
The solution?
📌 Separate the cartridges.
One for Europe-specific logic.
One for U.S.-specific logic.
One for shared components.
When I first proposed it?
💭 "Too complicated."
💭 "Too risky."
💭 "We’ve never done this before."
But I knew what I was talking about.
I knew Commerce Cloud.
I knew how SFRA worked,
how cartridges extended functionality,
how to structure the project properly.
And guess what?
💡 It worked.
Not perfectly at first.
But very close.
What’s the lesson here?
If you don’t have the right knowledge, you’ll always follow others.
The senior dev.
The tech lead.
The CTO.
🚨 And sometimes, they’re wrong.
To step up, you need knowledge + courage.
💡 Know your stuff.
💡 Speak up when you see a problem.
💡 Lead, don’t just follow.
That’s how you grow.
That’s how you become valuable.
And that’s exactly what I help you do.
