Issue 239 - Introducing the all-new Hydrogen
Shopify Concepts for AI Coders: Using Snippets
Ed Codes breaks down Shopify Liquid snippets specifically for developers using AI coding tools. Covers how snippets work, when to use them vs sections, and how to structure reusable Liquid components. Targeted at devs who want their AI assistant to generate correct Shopify theme code without fighting framework conventions.
By Ed Codes
How to show an estimated delivery date on a Shopify product page
Add a delivery estimate to your Shopify product page with pure Liquid date math. Covers Unix-timestamp trick, making lead time a setting, and timezone caveat.
By Bas Lefeber
Introducing the all-new Hydrogen
Today we're previewing a new Hydrogen, redesigned from the core to be agent-first. It's simpler, smaller, and faster — and now both framework- and runtime-agnostic, built to integrate with the stack you already use.
By Ben Sehl
Build a Frequently Bought Together Section Using Real Order Data
Implementation guide for a Frequently Bought Together recommendation engine using actual Shopify order data. Walks through Liquid + JS for the cart drawer integration and GraphQL query for product associations.
By Saad Saif
The Right Way to Connect Claude to Shopify
Mir Usman breaks down why connecting Claude directly to a live Shopify store is a recipe for disaster. AI making changes to production code works until it breaks something. His video shows the professional workflow Shopify developers actually use -- Claude Code in a controlled environment. A practical safety guide for anyone building AI-powered Shopify tools.
By Mir Usman
Durable ID for AutomaticDiscountApplications — Shopify API Gap
Colby Makowsky highlights a real pain point in the Shopify Admin API: automatic discounts are identified only by their title field, which merchants can freely rename and duplicate. He filed a feature request on the Shopify Community forum for a durable identifier on AutomaticDiscountApplication. If you've ever tried to programmatically track which discount applied to an order, you know this one hurts.
By Colby Makowsky
The Real Number of Shopify Themes (Hint: It's Not 1,170)
The Shopify Theme Store claims 1,170 themes, but every preset variant is listed as a separate entry so the same theme often appears 4-5 times. The actual number of unique themes is much lower.
By Matteo Gavin
Shopify Theme Audits Slashed from 4 Hours to 5 Minutes
Tanuj built a tool that cuts Shopify theme audits from 4 hours to 5 minutes, covering Liquid templates, schema files, asset loading, and metafield configurations.
By Tanuj
