Short write‑ups of problems we hit running a real commerce operation and what we changed in the code because of them. No product announcements; just the reasoning.
The same candle is one thing to the buyer, a box of twelve to the warehouse, and a litre of base to the factory. aiku models that with three corners — the trade unit (the physical thing), the stock (that thing, in this warehouse), the product (that thing, as sold in this shop) — and a number on every edge. Why a fraction is sometimes right and sometimes a bug, and why changing a number on an edge while an order is in flight is the most dangerous edit in the system.