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 the job, not the trend
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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, and the 3× demo cas
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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 future-you needs when
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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 ceiling — lessons fr
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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 what just feels heavy
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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 before you buy a rese
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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 BulkFix survive client-hea
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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 does not melt the su
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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 own is cheaper and saf
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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 brand voice — without
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From Client Work to Products: MetaGrid, BulkFix, VisaChamp
How MetaGrid, BulkFix, and VisaChamp grew from client work: spot repeated pain, ship a thin tool, and do not wait for a platform—l
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What a Context Window Actually Means for Your Product
What an LLM context window means for your product: long PDFs, chat history tax, silent quality drop at the edges, and why RAG beat
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A Speed Budget for Shopify (Core Web Vitals Without the Theatre)
Set a Shopify speed budget for Core Web Vitals without the theatre: weight limits per template, what to cut before a new theme, an
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Multi-Model Routing: Cheap First, Expensive Only When Needed
Multi-model routing for LLMs: classify first, send easy work to cheap models, promote failures—and keep a cost ceiling on Shopify
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Headless Shopify: When Hydrogen Is Worth the Migration
When Shopify Hydrogen is worth a headless migration: theme ceiling vs cost, go/no-go checklist, and what merchants underestimate.
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