Shopify deployed its internal AI agent, River, exclusively in public Slack channels to make every interaction visible across the organization. The company designed the constraint to normalize AI use, …
The article explains that Shopify themes use a `config/settings_schema.json` file to control which design elements, such as button colors, fonts, and border thickness, merchants can edit in the theme …
The article describes GreenConvert, a free online tool created by a developer frustrated with paying $10/month for image background removal. It allows users to convert images between formats (e.g., We…
Based on an audit of 53 Shopify stores, CSS specificity conflicts were the root cause of roughly 70% of critical app-theme conflicts, with 31 stores containing `!important` declarations injected by ap…
Free, four-node n8n workflow that automatically saves incoming webhook data from services like Stripe, GitHub, and Typeform into a PostgreSQL database. The workflow uses a persistent HTTP endpoint to …
According to the article, AI-native applications, powered by the Model Context Protocol (MCP) introduced by Anthropic in November 2024, are predicted to subsume the traditional web before the end of 2…
On May 18, 2026, Shopify released @shopify/ucp-cli, an open-source command-line tool and MCP server that functions as an AI shopping agent powered by the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). The CLI con…
French e-commerce teams initially adopted chatbots to handle rising support tickets and repetitive questions, but the focus has shifted from simple FAQ interfaces to deep system integration. In produc…
Author's experience launching MODAY, a global e-commerce store selling weekday-themed t-shirts, built using AI tools and supporting nine languages. Despite the technical infrastructure being fully ope…
Engineers who have not yet adopted AI agents for production work face growing pressure as major tech companies restructure around the technology. Shopify, Fiverr, and Block have each cut thousands of …
This article is a transcript from the Stack Overflow podcast featuring Brian O'Grady from Qdrant, who discusses the differences between vector databases and Lucene-based architectures like Elasticsear…
A new tool from imagesv2 removes white backgrounds from GPT Image 2 outputs, delivering transparent PNGs with preserved soft edges for e-commerce, stickers, and slide decks. The service processes user…
Meesho, a leading Indian online retail and merchant tools company, has gone public, becoming the second Y Combinator-backed company to list in India. Founded by Vidit and Sanjeev, the company spent a …