The article, written by Ekene Eze, a Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify, is a comprehensive guide on setting up a food ordering application using modern development tools such as Strapi, Gridsome, and Snipcart. The series takes readers through the process of generating a Strapi app, creating products, and setting up a Gridsome project to consume these products using GraphQL. It then details how to create single product views, implement cart and checkout functionalities with Snipcart, and deploy the applications using Heroku and Netlify. By following this guide, developers can build and deploy their own e-commerce applications, with specific instructions on setting up a production environment using Postgres and configuring deployment settings for Heroku and Netlify. Eze shares his personal insights and preferences throughout the series, providing a practical walkthrough from development to production deployment.