M Bytes

by M.academy Hey Reader, I just realized that I started blasting out this new newsletter format all about "atomic" lessons, without explaining what they are or why I'm even creating them 🫠 From day one, M.academy has been built on a simple principle: take complex Magento concepts and break them down into simple and easy-to-understand bite-sized lessons. Each lesson teaches exactly one thing, which makes things easy to learn. This is the premise of atomic lessons. But by posting them outside...

Hey Reader, I've been hard at work preparing for my Xdebug workshop at MMFL 2025, and what's great about this prep is that I'll also have a ton of lessons coming on the way for debugging PHP with Xdebug. The first is below 👇 These atomic lessons are just meant to provide you with a small taste of the kind of content that I create. If you're interested in diving way deeper into topics like this, then you'll definitely want to check out the University. Keep coding, MarkTeacher, M.academySay hi...

Hey Reader, Thank you to everyone who provided me with some feedback on the first issue of M Bytes! The feedback was so overwhelmingly positive, and I'm excited about this new approach. There are a couple updates you should know about before we get into the lessons this week though. The first is PCI DSS 4.0, which is a new security standard that was released back in June and applies to all eCommerce sites (and your Magento builds are probably not following it). Storefronts can quickly get up...