Issue 208 - How You Can Build A Customer Loyalty Program

How can you build a customer loyalty program

Most people think of using a 3rd party app. But Shopify already gives us everything we need with the GraphQL API. All you really need is a webhook URL (a serverless one works best).

By Hardy Joyson

How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI

Michael Truell: How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI In only a few years, Cursor's AI dev tools have made a name for themselves as fast-shipping and fast-growing. CEO Michael Truell sat down with a16z's Martin Casado to discuss how Michael got here and what it's like to operate through rapid growth.

By a16z

Hosting a Custom Shopify App with Railway

In this video, I’ll walk you through how to host a custom Shopify app on Railway.com — one of the easiest and most affordable ways to deploy your Shopify app backend.

By Will Misback

Update on ShopDev Alliance

For some time, ShopDev Alliance has been referral only. This is because the community has been focused on growing well, rather than just growing. We're opening up general applications again to the community - just because there may be people who are looking for that space but might not be able to have an existing member refer them.

By Taylor Page

Tobi Lütke x Carl Rivera: Designing For Ambition

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke sits down with Chief Design Officer Carl Rivera to discuss the evolving role of design leadership, how ambition fuels Shopify's culture, and the unexpected phone call that sparked the creation of Shop—Shopify's consumer shopping app.

By Shopify

Protected customer data scopes required for web pixel PII access

We will be enforcing Shopify's protected customer data policy for all web pixel extensions starting on December 10th, 2025.

By Shopify

Duplicate user groups to speed up setup

You can now duplicate user groups instead of rebuilding them from scratch.

By Shopify

Exclude products by tag in smart collections

You can now use an “is not equal to” operator for product tags when setting smart collection conditions, automatically leaving out products with specific tags.

By Shopify

Migrate from the Partner Dashboard

If your app doesn't have extensions, then migration is fully automatic and you can familiarize yourself with what's changed in the Dev Dashboard. If your app has extensions, then you'll need to take additional steps after Shopify migrates you to the Dev Dashboard

By Shopify