Building Checkout Rules 👉 link.storespark.net/cr 🔥 @CheckoutRules. Sharing my #Shopify app development journey and tips. 🛍️🚀 #buildinpublic

Joined February 2023
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May 14
That's so cool 😍
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May 7
Always an amazing feeling to hear merchants loving my Shopify app 🥹 Messages like these make all the late nights, debugging sessions, and support chats worth it. Knowing that @CheckoutRules solved a problem someone had been searching a solution for, for years is the best part of building 💚
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Rethinking Polaris web components after last night. Out of nowhere, the table header just disappears. No code changes on my end. That happens (or course) to coincide with a bug in my export. I was going to tell the customer, "hey, just use the filters for now". But, guess what? Filters are gone. I can't fix the web component b/c it is a black box. So, I apply a quick fix to move the filter out of the table header at the same time as fixing the export bug. Got it done. Profusely apologized. Crisis somewhat adverted. But my reputation with that customer is now damaged all for a few lines of CSS that I probably could have written myself. In retrospect, I think using a polaris css file with standard HTML components would have been better.
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Apr 29
Helping merchants find “Share logs” in Shopify is so painful. 😥 It’s buried behind: Settings → Apps → App → Functions card → 3-dot menu This is the kind of thing that should be one click, not a scavenger hunt. 🤷‍♂️
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Imagine every pixel on your screen, streamed live directly from a model. No HTML, no layout engine, no code. Just exactly what you want to see. @eddiejiao_obj, @drewocarr and I built a prototype to see how this could actually work, and set out to make it real. We're calling it Flipbook. (1/5)
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Apr 8
Just bought my ticket, see you all in Toronto ✌️
Tickets are live for DotDev 2026 Get ready for 2 full days of demoing new products and connecting with other builders
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HUGE UNLOCK. Previously Plus-exclusive B2B features are now on all @Shopify plans.
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Apr 1
Not sure why, but getting a lot of these today. What's up with Shopify Dev MCP? @Shopify @ShopifySupport
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Apr 1
Nice to see some clarification about the auto uninstalls. Thank you @Shopify 👏
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Mar 31
Is there going to be an intent to launch sidekick from the Shopify admin app? Would be nice to have for the upcoming sidekick app extensions. shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/… shopify.dev/docs/api/app-hom…
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Need a Storefront API token for working with your shop? Today I learned about the Headless app from Shopify. Installs as a sales channel but you can create a public access token to do things where you might need to leverage some storefront customizations. News to me! But this apparently has been around for a while. If you're working on Shopify storefronts and can't use the legacy custom apps route, this works.
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Mar 23
Ah yes… the joy of using Shopify Polaris Web Components 😅 Installed @shopify/polaris-types, wired everything up… and still had to suppress errors. The best part? inlineSize actually works perfectly, it’s just missing from the types 🤦‍♂️ Turns out others have reported the same gap between features and typings community.shopify.dev/t/s-bu… Polaris is powerful… but sometimes the types feel like a side quest 🧩
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Been a @Shopify Partner since 2014, running Wiser AI app along with other 9 apps. Just sharing something I came across recently that I think deserves some attention. Saw an app dev literally copying an established app's name just to ride their search traffic. This is happening more than it should. A few things that could help if Shopify can look into this: - Run an AI check on app names at submission — if it's too similar to an existing app, hold it for review. Simple. - Scan submitted screenshots too — copied UI and designs should get flagged, not just names - Any change to app name or listing after approval should trigger a re-review, not go live automatically - Audit live listings regularly for policy violations — email the developer to fix it. Most of this can be automated. - New apps with zero reviews shouldn't show up alongside established ones in search. Let them earn visibility first. - If a brand new partner account violates policies on their first submission itself, suspend it. Don't give bad actors multiple chances. - Increase the app submission fee for new partner accounts — a higher barrier to entry will naturally filter out people who are just here to copy and clutter the store - Most of this is Level 1 stuff that AI can handle. The App Store has a great reputation and these small changes can help keep it that way. Just some suggestions so as to do quality control on app store. I saw it happened with Pagefly as well and that app is also live. @Shopify @ShopifyDevs
This is a first, app dev straight up copying our name for some free app store juice. Ridiculous.
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Mar 18
Well that's a first. What is a REDACTED Shopify store?
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Mar 13
Loving the experience of using @mintlify for documentation. I used it to build the docs site for my Shopify app → docs.checkoutrules.com, and it’s been fantastic to work with. ✨ Mintlify makes it easy to create beautiful, developer-friendly documentation with minimal setup. It also includes built-in search, analytics, and AI features to help users find answers faster. 🚀
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Mar 10
After testing @crisp_chat vs @GleapHQ for customer support inside my Shopify app, here’s my honest breakdown. Both tools aim to solve the same problem but approach it very differently. Short version: • Crisp = fast live chat • Gleap = full product feedback support platform Thread 🧵👇
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One last thing from my personal experience. I’ve been using Gleap for a few months now, and its AI features have been a game changer. Their AI agent Kai now handles 3–4 customer chats per day completely on its own. Only a couple of chats get escalated to me when the AI can’t find a solution. For a solo Shopify app founder, that kind of automation is incredibly valuable to free up my time.
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Mar 10
If you're interested in trying Gleap, you can use my link to get 30% off: gleap.cello.so/9T3fy9DefzE (It’s an affiliate link, so I’ll get a small kickback as well — appreciate the support 🙏)
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