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Notes from a solo builder

Short, honest writing about making small Shopify apps that do one job well. How they get built, how they work, and what we learn shipping them.

July 7, 2026

Shopify low stock alerts, without setting a threshold for every product

Running out of stock is one of the quietest ways a store loses money. Most low stock apps ask you to pick a reorder number for every product first. Here is why that does not work well, and what to do instead.

July 7, 2026

How I built and launched a Shopify app in a few days

My first Shopify app went from idea to a live App Store listing in a matter of days. People keep asking how, so here is the honest version, including the parts that were actually hard.