Skip the Replatform: Unifying Magento and Laravel Through Shared Navigation

Legacy ecommerce systems sprawled across multiple stacks force costly, months-long replatforming projects—often $100-500k or more. This working implementation demonstrates how a lightweight Preact microfrontend can bridge Magento 2.4 and Laravel 11 with unified navigation that updates in under a minute, providing a practical repair strategy that preserves existing infrastructure while solving brand inconsistency.