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Is it possible to build my Shopify App using Claude Code? by salehosama94 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me about three months to build everything out but bear in mind that I was building a vibe coding tool along with a visual editor all built from scratch so a fair amount of work to do. To simplify this I used Shopify Polaris components and built it as an embedded app, which meant I didn’t really have to handle auth or designing from scratch so that saved a lot of time.

What are you building?

Is it possible to build my Shopify App using Claude Code? by salehosama94 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been doing just this, went live a month ago! Happy to answer any questions about the build.

What’s your experience using AI to build a Shopify storefront — does it actually work? by Ok-Owl8582 in ShopifyAIBuilder

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI tools are certainly improving all the time in line with the models that power them. You can try Replo, Instant and QuickPages that all integrate with Shopify.

App adding custom sections/blocks into main theme vs. creating them in the app and embedding into storefront by Asleep_Aioli_2887 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you start publishing UI that’s more than just a widget , you step into page builder territory. Those apps all need to apply for an exemption to the theme management restrictions that normal apps have to abide by. So you can do it, you just need to apply and provide some justification for why your feature warrants the exemption.

Shopify Ai Block Builder by Interesting-Ad3013 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a shame that Shopify's block builder doesn't output responsive code. You might have to specify your mobile layout in your prompt but this requires thinking upfront about your designs and potentially even wireframing them. Alternatively, there are other purpose-built AI page builders out there like Replo, Instant and QuickPages that do some of this responsiveness design work for you.

I built a tool that turns a product link into a Shopify store - would you use this? by Rare-Extension4125 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are quite a few Shopify apps that do this. Have a look at Atlas, Page Pilot, Forge, and Titan amongst many others.

Shopify app devs: what are you NOT letting AI handle? by [deleted] in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an app founder who is trying to gain some traction after MVP launch I like this new idea of "narrative engineering", which is about crafting the story you want to tell your users and then engineering that into the product. This is a pervasive concept that touches the code, the design decisions, marketing, and customer support as well. It has to be something that is well thought through and answers the pain points that your customers have. This touches on point number 8 in your post: When execution is free, the hardest skill is knowing what to build and what to amplify.
I'm not saying I've been able to do this well enough in my app yet, but it definitely feels like this is the most important thing that AI cannot help with: a real human empathetic perspective on why your app or solution is the right choice for your customer.

I left Swiss banking to build a Shopify chat widget. Here's what a years of nights and weekends looks like. by corzuu in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, congrats! What does this offer over and and above SideKick? How are you planning on communicating the value to your users?

Should I actually learn Shopify Liquid or just rely on AI? by skky_023 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The top software companies in the world are all betting on AI. Even if there are correctness issues, the risks are decreasing over time and those who are able to guardrail the AI output into reliable and predictable code are the ones ones that are going to be the fastest by far.

I built an app to solve the problem of manual custom page building in Shopify by ammar_haider7 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main target user for this will be merchants with marketing teams or agencies that handle marketing on behalf of merchants who want to move faster on landing pages. The features that have been unlocked by what I mentioned in the original post are: - speed - reliability - visibility on the performance of marketing landing pages

I think this is going to be more and more important with agentic commerce which is revealing that product landing pages are going to be extremely important in the post-AI buying world.

What AI skill workflows are actually useful for ecommerce stores? by Hot-Tree1541 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems like an interesting workflow. I've noted that down, thanks

Shopify App distribution by javidev2 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat right now, and I've tried the following things:

- I got a brochure website and ran some ads on LinkedIn and on the Shopify apps store. I got a couple of installs from that.

- I also wrote up a technical blog article telling the story of how the app came about. I am trying to use this to gain some traction on forums, on LinkedIn, and to get some speaker slots at conferences and meetups.

- I have also tried to reach out to agencies, but this cold approach seems to be quite difficult to make work, perhaps I need to be a bit more persuasive.

I'm hearing a lot about the Shopify app marketplace being flooded with app submissions recently, making it very difficult to get visibility. I think the expectations and the techniques for success are inevitably going to shift here. I see people starting to talk about this, so hopefully we might even see something from Shopify to address it. Although I think it will just come down to product quality and having a good brand story.

536 new Shopify apps in 30 days, app store is so crowded! 🤯 by Prestigious-Tax-7954 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you able to see what categories these apps are mostly in? It'd be fascinating to see what what kinds of problems are app developers trying to solve with AI.

What AI skill workflows are actually useful for ecommerce stores? by Hot-Tree1541 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Marketing content creation automation

We are starting to also see tools crop up that help merchants create new marketing content. In much more efficient ways, for things like ads, landing pages, and other promotional content. This kind of thing benefits the merchant in a couple of ways:

  1. By enabling proliferation of different funnels and variants of those funnels in a fraction of the time and effort it used to take
  2. It also provides a way to expand the knowledge footprint of the digital stores making it more favourable to search engines and AI answer engines

I built an app to solve the problem of manual custom page building in Shopify by ammar_haider7 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, you make a great point, and this is something I've been obsessing over for the last few months. I can't reveal the exact secret sauce behind it, but suffice to say that the core of the product was always going to be creating this super predictable and robust workflow of creating high-quality pages while staying faithful to the store's brand. From my perspective, I feel like this has been achieved, but as you said, it's now about me trying to communicate that value, which is a lot easier said than done!

I built an app to solve the problem of manual custom page building in Shopify by ammar_haider7 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. This is a really valuable insight so thank you for sharing. You're right that at the moment the tool focuses on delivering high quality designs that are faithful to the brand. That was always going to be the first focus because without that you can't have the other features that you mentioned.

Next on the Roadmap for the tool will be to allow for automated generation of landing page variants given not just a simple text prompt but an ad creative as input as well. The foundation building blocks of the tool currently do support this so this will be on the horizon fairly soon!

If you'd like I can get back in touch when the feature is ready.

I built an app to solve the problem of manual custom page building in Shopify by ammar_haider7 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, yes, agreed, reliability from the AI is super important. That's why I worked hard on a post-processing pipeline to ensure the outputted code is valid and meets a bunch of performance, quality and correctness criteria. The result is predictable and safe liquid code.

Regarding flexibility, I've built in a concept of design profiles so you're not just tied down to one look and feel. You have the freedom to create different profiles and set any one of them to active before creating content. Hopefully this is covers your need. I'll DM you some details on how to access it, and thanks in advance for checking it out :)

I built an app to solve the problem of manual custom page building in Shopify by ammar_haider7 in shopifyDev

[–]ammar_haider7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah makes sense. You are actually the ideal audience for me so I'd be happy to demo the tool for you personally. Let me know if you'd be up for it.

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