Playbook
AI, Shopify & how I ship
Calculators, guides, and lessons from a Karachi-based Shopify + AI automation consultant. Practical playbooks—not fluff.
Featured tools
All five calculators are live — price AI usage, builds, speed, and RAG before you ship.
Live
AI API Cost Calculator
Tokens or credits across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and custom models.
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AI Agent ROI Calculator
Hours saved vs build + LLM cost — payback before you automate.
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Shopify Build Cost Estimator
Theme, custom, headless, and app ranges — low / likely / high.
Open calculator →Live
Page Speed → Revenue
Model conversion lift from faster LCP and monthly revenue impact.
Open calculator →Live
RAG Cost Estimator
Embeddings, re-index, retrieval, and generation for your query volume.
Open calculator →Live
AI API Cost Calculator
Tokens or credits across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and custom models.
Open calculator →Live
AI Agent ROI Calculator
Hours saved vs build + LLM cost — payback before you automate.
Open calculator →Live
Shopify Build Cost Estimator
Theme, custom, headless, and app ranges — low / likely / high.
Open calculator →Live
Page Speed → Revenue
Model conversion lift from faster LCP and monthly revenue impact.
Open calculator →Live
RAG Cost Estimator
Embeddings, re-index, retrieval, and generation for your query volume.
Open calculator →How I ship
A simple loop that keeps AI projects from becoming demos that never make payroll.
Scope the meter
Tokens, volume, and a cost ceiling before a single prompt ships to production.
Build the smallest pipeline
One real job: catalog, support, or retrieval — not a platform fantasy.
Measure and cut
Cache, cheaper models, and handoffs. Keep what pays for itself.
From the playbook
Published guides — not placeholders.
Shopify & Web
WordPress, Shopify, or Next.js? How I Pick the Stack
WordPress, Shopify, or Next.js? How I pick the stack for content vs commerce vs custom product — choose for th
Read →AI Tech
How I Scope an AI Automation Project (Five Numbers in the Proposal)
How I scope an AI automation project with five numbers in the proposal: tokens, volume, default model, extras,
Read →Playbooks
Documentation I Wish I’d Written on Day One of a Build
Project documentation I wish I’d written on day one: decisions, credentials map, and the why-this-model note f
Read →AI Tech
Building a RAG Pipeline on a Budget
How I build a budget RAG pipeline for document QA: chunking, refuse-when-empty, embedding refresh, and a cost
Read →Shopify & Web
Liquid Performance Myths I Still Hear on Calls
Shopify Liquid performance myths I still hear on calls: loops, sections, and what actually moves LCP versus wh
Read →AI Tech
The Hidden Token Tax of Multi-Step Agents
Multi-step agents multiply input tokens on every tool loop. Cap steps, summarize history, and model the bill b
Read →Playbooks
The Weekly Review That Keeps Side Projects Alive
A one-hour weekly review for side projects: metrics, one ship, one cut — how products like MetaGrid and BulkFi
Read →AI Tech
Rate Limits, 429s, and Retries in Production
How I handle LLM rate limits, 429s, and retries in production: backoff, idempotency, and queues so a sale day
Read →Shopify & Web
Build vs Buy: Custom Shopify Feature or an App?
Shopify build vs buy for custom features: when an app's recurring tax wins, when a small custom surface you ow
Read →AI Tech
Evaluating AI Copy Before It Hits the Storefront
A practical rubric for evaluating AI product copy before it ships: claims, banned words, schema fields, and br
Read →Shopify & Web
WordPress, Shopify, or Next.js? How I Pick the Stack
WordPress, Shopify, or Next.js? How I pick the stack for content vs commerce vs custom product — choose for th
Read →AI Tech
How I Scope an AI Automation Project (Five Numbers in the Proposal)
How I scope an AI automation project with five numbers in the proposal: tokens, volume, default model, extras,
Read →Playbooks
Documentation I Wish I’d Written on Day One of a Build
Project documentation I wish I’d written on day one: decisions, credentials map, and the why-this-model note f
Read →AI Tech
Building a RAG Pipeline on a Budget
How I build a budget RAG pipeline for document QA: chunking, refuse-when-empty, embedding refresh, and a cost
Read →Shopify & Web
Liquid Performance Myths I Still Hear on Calls
Shopify Liquid performance myths I still hear on calls: loops, sections, and what actually moves LCP versus wh
Read →AI Tech
The Hidden Token Tax of Multi-Step Agents
Multi-step agents multiply input tokens on every tool loop. Cap steps, summarize history, and model the bill b
Read →Playbooks
The Weekly Review That Keeps Side Projects Alive
A one-hour weekly review for side projects: metrics, one ship, one cut — how products like MetaGrid and BulkFi
Read →AI Tech
Rate Limits, 429s, and Retries in Production
How I handle LLM rate limits, 429s, and retries in production: backoff, idempotency, and queues so a sale day
Read →Shopify & Web
Build vs Buy: Custom Shopify Feature or an App?
Shopify build vs buy for custom features: when an app's recurring tax wins, when a small custom surface you ow
Read →AI Tech
Evaluating AI Copy Before It Hits the Storefront
A practical rubric for evaluating AI product copy before it ships: claims, banned words, schema fields, and br
Read →Free workshop tools
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Ship the meter before the magic.
Model AI cost and Shopify speed before the demo locks you into a stack you can’t afford.