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talkingshop.dev

by Kalen Jordan

Just a couple of Shopify devs talking shop

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  1. #30 "Mattress In Frame"

    [00:00:00] Rapid Reviews Roast & Founder Intro [00:00:33] smile.io Sponsor + Discount Warnings [00:01:13] Riverside Bugs & Tab Chaos [00:03:20] Tab Groups Are a Lie [00:05:14] Girlfriends, Surveillance & Live Anxiety [00:06:43] Shopify Outage: Who Cares? [00:08:07] Garage Office, Mattress...

  2. #29 "The Webhook Support Group"

    [00:00:00] Cold Open & Community Praise [00:00:25] Sponsor: Smile.io (Black Friday Sponsorship) [00:01:05] Pre-Show Chaos & Stream Setup [00:02:00] Stress, Vision, and “Taking It to the Moon” [00:03:20] Bros Vibes, Community Energy & Coralie Joins [00:03:54] Shopify Community Royalty &...

  3. #28 "They Call Me "IT Dave"

    00:00 - Intro & Smile.io Sponsorship 01:22 - Programmer or whatever we are 01:52 - Dave’s alter-egos and promo quotas 03:15 - Wizard hats and Halloween strategy 05:10 - Token Dave and the AI leaderboard 08:00 - Kalen’s Shop Minis experiments 11:40 - Mystery boxes, swipes, and feedback loops 18:00…

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  4. #27 "Hunky Bill Appreciation Day"

    [00:00:00] Cold Open & Smile.io Ad Spot [00:01:23] Rocker Glow-Up & Compliments [00:03:24] Viral Tweet & Rails Rants [00:06:24] Spam DM Revenge Plots [00:09:27] Anthropic’s Ship-It Culture [00:12:56] Claude Power-User Tips [00:15:48] Parallelizing Dev Workflows [00:21:19] Hallmark-Sora Mashups...

  5. #26 "GCloud Goblin Mode"

    00:00 – Cold open + Smile.io sponsor 01:13 – Friday vibes + late-night Claude sessions 02:09 – GCloud + SQL wizardry 03:47 – The nightmare that is Google Cloud’s UI 06:02 – Teaching Claude to remember stuff (and failing) 08:56 – Capturing AI context before it disappears 10:19 – Docker pain,...

  6. #25 "Declarative Metafields, Declarative Regrets"

    00:00:00 – Lost in your own repo (zero-to-one brain fog) 00:01:24 – Country vs. metal: what’s actually more emotional? 00:03:11 – Never trust a web app turned desktop app 00:05:00 – Memory cores, ++i crimes, and C code nostalgia 00:09:07 – Luxury blow-up couches & festival life 00:10:17 – Smart...

  7. #24 "Control Alt Dylan"

    [00:00:00] X.com? Nah, It’s Still Twitter [00:05:00] Beating Algorithmic Sludge & Viral Trash [00:09:30] Forums, Flows & Community Hustles [00:14:00] Killing the Flow Checksum—Sidekick Dreams [00:21:00] RVShare Days & Birth of Real-ID [00:29:00] Review Anxiety and App-Store Politics [00:34:00]...

  8. #23 "Living in the Terminal"

    [00:00:00] Benchmarking the Benchmarks [00:03:40] Grok, Slack—Did We Record That? [00:06:00] Linear Side-Quest vs Jira [00:10:30] Living in the Terminal [00:15:20] Multi-Tasking with Work Trees [00:21:00] Vibe-Coding Envy at Shopify [00:27:00] Notebook LM Mind-Blown [00:35:00] Ads, Models &...

  9. #22 "The Final AGI Boss: Bluetooth"

    [00:00:00] Homework Sheet Notes & Grade-School Flashbacks [00:01:30] Dad Jokes Meet Stone-Faced Kids [00:04:50] Listener Mail, Robotics & $400 Lego Sets [00:07:00] "Fix Bluetooth, Prove AGI" Rant [00:09:35] The Mythical Podcast Topic List [00:10:30] Spinning Up Claude Headless in Docker…

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  10. #21 "An Army Of Drones In The Sewer"

    [00:00:00] Claudeputer & the 10K MRR Challenge [00:01:45] Small-Town Escapes and Dune Buggies [00:04:00] Broken Hand, Buddy Loops & Voice Coding [00:07:38] WhisperFlow Beats Mac Dictation [00:12:06] Costly Love Affair with Claude Code [00:17:54] Fully-Autonomous SaaS Pipe Dreams [00:19:00] Will...

  11. #20 "Metrics Day"

    [00:00:00] Cold Open & Pen Detox [00:00:54] Sponsor – Smile.io [00:01:45] Key & Peele, Horror, and AI Doomscrolling [00:05:30] Two-Sentence Horror & Memory Glitches [00:06:30] Live MCP + Claude Demo [00:10:00] Remote DOM & Storefront AI Futures [00:14:15] Dirty Data and the AI PIM Rabbit Hole...

  12. #19 "Let Sidekick Cook"

    [00:00:00] Headphone Heists & Peripheral Pain [00:01:37] Friday Vibes [00:04:27] Shopify as 100-Year Kool-Aid [00:05:51] Rick Rubin Meets Tobi [00:07:43] In-Person at Editions [00:09:47] Grilling Shopify PMs [00:13:59] Taylor’s Community Superpowers [00:17:19] Sidekick Naming Crisis [00:20:12]...

  13. #18 "Panoply"

    Two Shopify devs swap jet-lagged war stories: losing voices in Toronto, escaping e-com burnout, and chasing 10× performance with renegade stacks like Syn.js, SPX and Centra. Expect rants about "plugin parasites," Shopify’s review purge, AI-generated code, TRT injections, fat-bike commuting, and…

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  14. #17 "The Rooftop Waitlist"

    [00:00:00] Golf-Ball Hail & Garage Panic [00:03:00] Editions Event FOMO Begins [00:07:45] Party Invites, Runs & Rooftops [00:10:45] Review-Purge Heartbreak [00:14:00] Sidekick Queries + Theme Upgrade Rants [00:18:00] SaaS Cart vs Own-Your-Code [00:22:00] Wishlist King Rebrand Saga [00:24:45]...

  15. #16 "Vibe Conferencing"

    [00:00:00] Game Boy Easter Eggs & Nostalgia [00:03:45] Dad Germ Warfare & Vitamin-D Maxing [00:05:30] Methylene Blue, Science Curveballs [00:06:50] Shopify Editions & Vibe Conferencing [00:11:00] Intelligent Price-Testing Deep Dive [00:16:00] Discount Feature Heartbreak [00:18:40] Open Source vs...

  16. #15 "Dev Mode: Trademarked and Triggered"

    From AI‑powered coding epiphanies to unexpected Objective‑C detours, this episode is equal parts tech therapy and hacker joyride. Kalen and David tame verbose Claude 3.7, celebrate Flow’s new multi‑step loops, and brainstorm auto‑styled Shopify widgets that design themselves. They rant about...

  17. #14 "Hit F5 on the Dome"

    00:00:00 - Kicking Things Off: To-Do Lists and Mega Tasks 00:01:40 - Proof of Concept: Matching Big SQL Numbers 00:02:20 - Low on Juice: Nap Strategies and Brain Refreshes 00:03:40 - Hailstorm Panic: Moving Cars and Garage Mayhem 00:05:00 - Tesla Regrets and Trash Can Truck Debates 00:08:00 - The...

  18. #13 "Hold My Rock"

    • 00:00:00 – Introduction: Testing the “Push” Approach • 00:01:03 – Cadence & Scheduling • 00:02:04 – Work-Life Balance & Personal Updates • 00:02:15 – Fidget & Precision Engineering• 00:03:10 – Finding Calm with a Rock • 00:04:09 – Productivity & Schedule Adjustments • 00:05:01 – NetSuite...

  19. #12 "Duck Hunt & The AI Revolution"

    • 00:00:00 – Intro & Sponsor Message • 00:00:44 – Sponsor Details: smile.io & Benefits Overview • 00:01:25 – Travel & Logistics Update (Hedge Purchase, Passport, IT Budget) • 00:02:00 – Pre-Event Discussion: Conference Name Change (Predis to Tectonic) • 00:03:15 – Conference Schedule &...

  20. #11 "Mutate and Dip"

    00:00:00 – Introduction & Episode Overview Kickoff of TSD #11 – Mutate and Dip 00:01:18 – Hedge Booking, Discounts & Tariff Talk Discussion about hedge booking tickets, discount inquiries, and potential legal/tariff issues 00:03:00 – Conference Experiences & In-Person Networking Chat about…

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  21. #10 "Bundle of Shenanigans"

    00:00:00 – Intro: Competitor Research vs. Inspiration David explains his approach to finding app ideas without heavy competitor research. 00:01:00 – Wholesome Vibes & Family Tales Kalen jokes about David’s wholesome life—quaint B&Bs, shoveling snow, and family snow fights. 00:03:00 – DIY Tech…

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  22. #9 "Bundle Up"

    00:00:00 - Introduction: The Shopify Way 00:01:10 - Discussion on Bundles and Pricing Strategies 00:02:00 - Different Approaches to Bundling Products 00:03:00 - Merchants' Greed in Bundling 00:04:00 - Handling Complex Bundles and Customer Experience 00:05:00 - Challenges with Bundle Pricing and...

  23. #8 "Going  Doc Spelunking"

    [00:00:00] – Intro & Back-In-Stock Flow David kicks things off by explaining how the back‐in‐stock flow automatically fires when inventory becomes available. [00:01:07] – Badge Brag & Community Wins David shares his excitement over earning a Shopify community badge while Kalen reveals he just...

  24. #7 "Pure LocalHost"

    00:00:00 - Intro. Sponsored by Smile.io, because your discounts are out of control. 00:00:55 - Slack workspaces and the art of saying no to notifications. 00:03:31 - Slack boundaries: the show you didn’t know you needed. 00:03:59 - Snow days, sick days, and the joy of blowing snow at people....

  25. #6 "I Found The Self-Destruct Button"

    [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:08] Black Friday Recap - Survived the sales madness, barely. [00:03:18] Bonus & Team Morale - Because tattoos last longer than bonuses. [00:04:28] Tsunami Scare - Almost washed away... in notifications. [00:06:00] Disaster Plans - How to plan for everything, except...

  26. #5 "New Customer Accounts FINAL v18 (Approved).doc"

    00:00:00 Intro 00:00:51 Digging Out From A Mountain Of Client Work 00:01:47 Dealing with Feisty Clients 00:03:13 Making Things Make Sense 00:05:13 Rushed Deployments & Middlemen 00:06:10 Weird But Cool Uber Project 00:07:11 “Empathizing with Customer Personas” 💀 00:08:22 Third-Party GraphQL...

  27. #4 "Smile" w/ David Robinson

    We have a sponsor now! This episode is brought to you by smile.io! Join the thousands of Shopify Plus businesses that use Smile to increase repeat purchase rate, provide exclusive benefits for members and VIP customers, and build a more profitable business. 00:00 Topo Chico Obsession 01:38 My...

  28. #2 "The Scope Bot" w/ David Robinson

    Welcome to episode number two of talkingshop.dev. I sat down again with David Robinson, the Director of Technology for fashion brand Cuyana. We talked about some of the discount functionality he's building for black Friday, some app proxy URL adventure that I'm having, a super weird checkout...

  29. #1 "The Upsell Is The Upsell" w/ David Robinson

    Welcome to the first episode of talkingshop.dev - a podcast where we just talk shop with other developers working with Shopify. In this episode, I sat down with my longtime friend, David Robinson, the director of technology with a fashion brand called Cuyana. We talked about a whole bunch of…

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Just a couple of Shopify devs talking shop

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