Technology

Retail, Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 24, 2026

Your AI Assistant Is Lying to You — Unless Your Retail Data Looks Like This (1,803 EuroShop Exhibitors, Proof Inside)

I wanted to learn what “AI-ready data” really means in practice, so I built an enrichment pipeline from scratch and stress‑tested it on the EuroShop 2026 exhibitor list. Here’s what broke, what I changed,...

Business, Retail, Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 15, 2026

The Substack Revolution: Why Retail Giants and Celebs Are Ditching Social Media for Owned Audiences in 2026

If you've followed my journey, you know I'm all about transparency, innovation, and cutting through the noise. That's exactly why I fell in love with Substack. No algorithms burying your posts, no fleeting trends...

Business, Technology

By Darko Pavic
January 7, 2026

Why Substack Feels Like the Most “Grown-Up” Platform on the Internet Right Now

I’ve decided to move all my newsletters to Substack and use it much more heavily going forward. I expected a cleaner publishing workflow. What I didn’t expect was how different the platform feels—how quickly...

Technology

By Darko Pavic
December 24, 2025

Vibe Coding as a Weekend Experiment

How I built a working retail‑news app without coding skills—and what it taught me about APIs, PWAs, and shipping speed On a Saturday morning I set myself a small, slightly unfair challenge: could I...

Business, Technology, VAT

By Darko Pavic
December 6, 2025

Taiwan’s New VAT Rules for Influencers: Why This Is More Than “Just Taxing Income”

At first glance, Taiwan’s new tax rules for social media content creators look almost boring. The headline message seems obvious: “influencers must pay tax.” But that has been true in theory almost everywhere for...

Business, Technology

By Darko Pavic
November 26, 2025

3 things I don’t like when solution providers talk about them

I want to share 3 more technical points that I really don’t like when solution providers use them as a main argument to sell their solutions. I am speaking in general: this is valid...

Technology

By Darko Pavic
September 22, 2025

Why AI Agents Change the Game

AI agents, autonomous software entities acting on behalf of consumers or businesses, don’t shop like humans. They don’t browse aesthetically pleasing websites, get swayed by flashy banners, or impulsively add items to their carts....