Articles by Ravi Rai
Page 8 of 9, cross-posted across Dev.to, Hashnode, Medium, and Bluesky.
We ran 12 Indian e-commerce stores on both platforms. Here's what Shopify wins, where WooCommerce saves you money, and which one to pick based on your order volume.
Honest 2026 take on India's DC fast-charging connector landscape, CCS2, CHAdeMO, GB/T, and the AIS-138 standard. What to install at a new site, what the OEM data actually shows, and what nobody tells founders.
When does an Indian EV charging operator running OCPP 1.6-J actually need to move to 2.0.1? Honest cost/benefit, the device data model, ISO 15118 plug-and-charge in India, and the migration path that doesn't require freezing your fleet.
Honest breakdown of building a production OCPP 1.6-J CSMS for an Indian EV charging operator, message flow, transaction lifecycle, vendor quirks, the time-sync bug that took us a week, and the parts of the spec the docs gloss over.
A practical, opinionated guide for anyone building or operating EV charging stations in India, how the RFID + OCPP stack actually fits together, what hardware works, what breaks in production, and what it costs.
Losing a client always stings. Losing three in a year forces you to look in the mirror. The real, slightly painful, specific lessons from each of the three engagements that ended early, and what we changed because of them.
An honest look at where AI coding tools like Claude Code have genuinely replaced freelance developer work, where they haven't, and how we actually use them on client projects at buildbyRaviRai.
A practical, no-fluff guide for founders and marketing leads on how to hire a freelance web developer in India, what to look for, what to pay, and how to avoid the common mistakes.
A no-nonsense walkthrough for Indian founders launching on Shopify in 2026, what it actually costs in INR, how to pick a plan, and the 30-point pre-launch checklist we use on every client store.
A real-world comparison from a team that builds on both. When to pick WordPress + WooCommerce, when Shopify wins, and the migration path when you outgrow one.
Headless and custom-built Next.js stores are trendy again. When does that choice make commercial sense versus staying on Shopify, and what does it really cost?
Six months into Next.js 16 in production across five client projects, the wins, the caching traps, and what we would do differently next time.