In this episode, Jordan Finneran, founder of Pimsical and Shopify Build Award winner, shares his journey into Shopify app development and his deep expertise in Shopify POS and inventory management. 

Discover the challenges of retail operations, the impact of Stocky's upcoming deprecation, and how developers can leverage Cloudflare and Shopify Flow to build powerful, scalable apps for merchants.

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Timestamps
00:00 The "Pause" vs. "POS" Debate
01:00 Welcome & Introduction of Award-Winning Guest
02:37 Pimsical: The Origin of the Name
04:25 Jordan's Origin Story: Bitten by the Shopify Bug
07:23 The Evolution of the Shopify Platform
09:30 Strategies for Keeping Up with API Changes
11:41 The Apps: Warehouse Integration and StockTake
15:10 Why Stocky is Going Away & Its Impact on Retail
19:50 Realities of Retail Inventory Management
22:25 Organizing Local POS Meetups for Merchants
28:20 Automating Tasks with Shopify Flow
35:20 Why AI and Inventory Data Don't Mix (Yet)
38:35 Building Apps on Cloudflare Workers and D1
47:20 The Deprecation of Stocky & Planning for August
54:05 Shopify Dev Changelog
01:01:40 Picks of the Week & Closing Thoughts

Dev Changelog

Shop Minis February 2026 update - https://shopify.dev/changelog/shop-mi...
Flow getting article and market data https://changelog.shopify.com/posts/f...
Run POS apps offline! https://shopify.dev/changelog/pos-ui-...
Removed Checkout ID from checkout and order webhooks - https://shopify.dev/changelog/removed...
[action required] inventorySetScheduledChanges mutation is being removed with no replacement - https://shopify.dev/changelog/invento...
[action required] Clearer standards for app listing images - https://shopify.dev/changelog/clearer...
[action required] ShopifyQL returns fields deprecated and replaced with sales reversals fields - https://shopify.dev/changelog/shopify... 
Checkout and Customer Account UI extensions available by default in new development shops - https://shopify.dev/changelog/checkou... 

Picks of the Week

Taylor - The Starship and the Stone book series https://amzn.to/4dtRpC4 
Karl - Lego excavator 60420 https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Construct...
Jordan - Altera, Shopify app alternative to Matrixify and supporting more data types https://apps.shopify.com/altera-impor... 

Resources

Shopify Developer Documentation - https://shopify.dev/
Shopify POS Development Resources - https://shopify.dev/docs/pos
Cloudflare Workers - https://workers.cloudflare.com/

*Find Jordan Online*

Website - https://www.pimsical.app/
LinkedIn -   / jordanfinneran  
Twitter(X) - https://x.com/JordanFinners

Key Topics

Evolution of the Shopify platform and GraphQL
Navigating the complexities of retail inventory and POS
The upcoming deprecation of the Stocky app
Leveraging Cloudflare Workers and D1 for app hosting
Building deep integrations using Shopify Flow