All articles by Krystian Podemski
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Teaching AI to speak PrestaShop
How Repository Intelligence makes the project's conventions readable by every AI tool, not just one.
You ask your AI assistant to add a new Back Office listing page. It dutifully reaches for HelperList, configures a few fields, drops in a legacy admin controller, and produces something that would have looked perfectly correct in PrestaShop 1.7. The code compiles, the page renders, and you ship it. Six months later, you end up rewriting it on top of the Grid component, a GridDefinitionFactory, and a CQRS-aware controller wiring, because that is the architecture the rest of the codebase has been using for years.
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PrestaShop Core Monthly - April 2026
A critical security release, AI tooling taking shape across the project, and a save-the-date for PS Summit in Lyon.
A busy month in the codebase: a critical security release, fast iteration on bringing AI into the project’s workflows, and a save-the-date for PS Summit in Lyon.
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PrestaShop Core Monthly - March 2026
PrestaShop 9.1 is here, the first EO2S, and a Live Update with new leadership
March was a milestone month for PrestaShop. The long-awaited 9.1 release shipped with Hummingbird 2.0 as the default theme, the community gathered at the first Ecommerce Open Source Summit, and the March Live Update featured PrestaShop’s new leadership for the first time on the stream.
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PrestaShop Live Update - March 2026
What happened during the Live Update of March 2026?
On March 31st, 2026, we hosted the first PrestaShop Project Live Update of 2026. This was a special edition: Mikołaj Król (CEO), Damian Murawski (COO), and Olivier Binet (General Manager) joined us for the first time together since PrestaShop’s acquisition. The trio said hi, answered community questions, and shared their perspective on the project’s direction. We also covered the latest releases and gave an in-depth look at the upcoming One Page Checkout feature.
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Announcing PrestaShop Project Live Update March 2026
Join us on YouTube on March 31st, 2026 at 3pm (Paris time) for the first Live Update of 2026!
The first PrestaShop Project Live Update of 2026 will take place on Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 at 3 PM (Paris time) on YouTube!
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AI-Powered API Hackathon: 14+ Endpoints in a Single Day
How PrestaShop teams used Claude Code to accelerate Admin API contributions
On March 12th, developers from across PrestaShop’s tech teams joined forces for a hackathon, splitting into four teams with one clear mission: accelerate the development of the Admin API.
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Discover the PrestaShop example modules repository
A hands-on library of working code examples to help you understand how PrestaShop module development really works.
If you’ve ever read through the PrestaShop developer documentation and thought “this makes sense in theory, but I wish I could see it working in a real module”: the example-modules repository is exactly what you’re looking for.
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PrestaShop Core Monthly - February 2026
New releases, Hummingbird v2, B2B foundations, and a one-page checkout on the horizon
February was a month of meaningful progress for PrestaShop. Two new releases (9.0.3, 8.2.4), a major milestone for the Hummingbird theme, and two important announcements about upcoming features make it a month worth looking back at in detail.
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Cleaning up old branches: a routine maintenance for a healthier repository
We are removing old branches from our repository
Keeping the PrestaShop repository tidy is part of routine maintenance. In January 2026, we are cleaning up a few stale branches from our main repository that are no longer used for releases or active development.
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PrestaShop Core Monthly - January 2026
9.1 Beta opens for feedback, Developer Conference videos go live, and big features take shape
We welcomed 2026 with a lot of exciting news and progress across the PrestaShop ecosystem. Read on for a recap of the biggest highlights from January, including the release of PrestaShop 9.1 Beta, deep dives into the new multi-carrier and discounts features, and the first videos from our Developer Conference 2025.
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