WRITINGS & INSIGHTS
Thoughts & Articles
Practical insights on full-stack development, Shopify engineering, AI, performance, and building production software.
ShopifyShopify Webhooks: A Complete Guide for Developers
A comprehensive, production-tested guide to Shopify webhooks: HMAC signature verification, raw body handling, idempotency with Redis, queue architecture, and local testing.
ShopifyShopify GraphQL Admin API: A Practical Guide for Developers
A comprehensive, production-oriented guide to Shopify's GraphQL Admin API: queries, mutations, pagination, rate limit cost calculation, userErrors checking, and bulk operations.
Full-StackBuilding a Production-Ready REST API with Node.js, PostgreSQL & Prisma
A comprehensive architectural guide to building production Node.js backends: layer separation, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL database design, JWT auth, input validation, and security.
AI & Developer ToolsAI Coding Agents in 2026: How Developers Actually Use Claude Code, Codex & Copilot
A practical engineering guide to AI coding agents in 2026 — how they differ from autocomplete, how to use Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot in real workflows, and why human supervision still matters.
EngineeringPostgreSQL + pgvector: Building Semantic Search and RAG Without a Separate Vector Database
A complete, practical tutorial for adding semantic search, hybrid search, and RAG to an existing PostgreSQL application using pgvector — covering embeddings, HNSW, metadata filtering, Reciprocal Rank Fusion, and background embedding pipelines.
ShopifyHow to Build a Custom Shopify Section with Liquid: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical, step-by-step guide to building a merchant-editable custom Shopify section with Liquid: schema settings, repeatable blocks, presets, scoped CSS, and the mistakes that break sections.
EngineeringReact Performance Optimization: A Practical Guide to Faster Rendering
A practical guide to React performance: memo, useMemo, useCallback, state placement, list keys, virtualization, lazy loading, and context — plus when not to optimize at all.
ShopifyShopify Store Speed Optimization: A Practical Guide for Developers
A practical guide to making Shopify stores faster: measuring real pages, fixing oversized images, auditing apps, scoping theme code, and handling fonts, videos, and third-party scripts.
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