By Bob Brodie, SUMO Heavy Co-founder and CTO

Circuit breakers are a design pattern that allows an application to avoid catastrophic failure in the event that a dependency is unavailable.

Amid the Covid-accelerated shift from brick and mortar stores to online shopping, cloud commerce platform Shopify continues to clean up.

The term “composable commerce” refers to joining multiple components to meet a merchant’s specific needs. Example use cases include multiple sales channels, cost control, specialization, and the need for modular construction.

E-commerce relies on shipping and logistics, and this has been a key vulnerability.

Expect a record-breaking $13 billion Cyber Monday.

Facebook reported its Q3 earnings today, including revenues of $21.5 billion, and net income of $7.8 billion. The company earned $2.71 in per-share profit during the three-month period. Analysts had expected Facebook, the social giant, to earn a much-smaller $1.91 per-share off smaller revenues of $19.82 billion.

The big-box retailer has cut ties with Bossa Nova Robotics, which made robots that scanned shelves for inventory, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Fast food chain Burger King has taken a rather unusual step: calling on customers to order from archrival McDonald’s, as well as a number of other competing restaurants.