In this episode of Liquid Weekly, Karl and Taylor sit down with Ole Thorup, seasoned Shopify developer and creator of Accentuate Custom Fields and now Shopify Apps Espresso Editor and Espresso Live Metafields, to explore the power and possibilities of CloudFlare in Shopify app development. Episode Highlights:

• Ole's journey from COBOL developer to Shopify merchant to app developer
• Deep dive into CloudFlare's features including Workers, Queues, and Durable Objects
• How to handle app scaling and performance optimization
• Tips for managing large-scale Shopify stores with 100,000+ products
• Insights into building Espresso apps and live metafields
• The evolution from traditional hosting to serverless architecture

About Ole Thorup: Ole is a developer with 40 years of experience who transitioned from banking and telecom to Shopify development. After creating and selling the successful Accentuate Custom Fields app, he now runs Espresso with his son, continuing to innovate in the Shopify ecosystem. Find Ole Online

• Twitter/X - https://x.com/olethorup
• Espresso Apps - https://espressoapps.com/

Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 05:30 - Ole's Background 12:45 - CloudFlare Deep Dive 30:20 - App Architecture 45:10 - Scaling and Performance 52:30 - Shopify Dev Changelog 57:00 - Picks of the Week Resources:

• Cloudflare - https://www.cloudflare.com/
• Cloudflare Learning Center - https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/
• Cloudflare Developer docs - https://developers.cloudflare.com/
• Peacock’s Serverless Apps of Cloudflare - https://pragprog.com/titles/apapps/se...
• Flared Up - https://research.cloudflare.com/outre...
• How Shopify Uses Cloudflare - https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studi...
• Tanstack - https://tanstack.com/
• Shadcdn/ui - https://ui.shadcn.com/

Dev Changelog

• New opacity controls for theme colors - https://shopify.dev/changelog/new-opa...
• App ratings now factor in trust signals, with reviews from lower-trust shops carrying less weight. - https://shopify.dev/changelog/app-rat...
• New Inventory Transfers experience available for testing in Dev Preview - https://shopify.dev/changelog/new-inv...
• Introducing PRODUCT_CATEGORY_ID_WITH_DESCENDANTS in CollectionRuleColumn for smart collections - https://shopify.dev/changelog/introdu...

Picks of the Week:

• Ole: Black Mirror Season 7
• Karl: King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
• Taylor: TalkingShop.dev Podcast

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