Recorded live at Shopify's DotDev, this special is two sessions in one. First, Ben Sehl walks Karl and Taylor through the future of Liquid: why the language is being reshaped for the agentic era, the new Partials tag that replaces the section rendering API, arrays and Booleans finally landing, agents.md and design.md guidance, and the Tailwind partnership. Then we sit down with three Shopify Build Award winners, Sammy of Discount Kit, Harel of EasyTeam, and Emili of Zapiet, to talk about what it actually takes to win, betting early on POS, building for Sidekick, and what's next.

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Find the Guests Online

    Ben Sehl (Shopify): https://x.com/benjaminsehl,   / benjaminsehl  
    Sammy, Discount Kit: https://x.com/SammyIsseyegh,   / sammyisseyegh  
    Harel, EasyTeam:   / harel-ishay  
    Emili, Zapiet: https://x.com/EmiliHorncastle,   / emili-m-horncastle-2b8482231   

Timestamps
00:00 - Cold open
02:05 - Live at DotDev: intro
02:52 - Ben Sehl and the future of Liquid
05:22 - Back to the Future: why the direction shift
10:53 - Why now: building for the agentic era
14:38 - Craft vs productivity, and keeping DX at the core
16:42 - Guidance and feedback: agents.md, design.md, and theme check
23:22 - Partials: replacing the section rendering API
32:47 - The Tailwind partnership
35:07 - Arrays, Booleans, and the three-parser saga
41:13 - Meet the Build Award winners: Discount Kit, EasyTeam, Zapiet
43:49 - Their paths to winning and what sets each app apart
50:15 - Zapiet's new physical store in a historic UK market town
53:25 - Harel on betting early on Shopify POS
55:00 - Sammy on building a Sidekick extension for Discount Kit
56:36 - Emili on community, the epic party, and women in tech
1:00:21 - What's next: UCP, POS, Shop Split, and Zapiet Eats
1:04:50 - Wrap-up

Resources

    DotDev: https://dotdev.shopify.com/ 
    Ben's article on Liquid: https://x.com/benjaminsehl/status/207...