Asif Younas

Your Shopify store has 22 apps.

You're paying $6,600 a year to make it slower.

22 × $25/mo. That's the average. Some are higher, some are bundled into other tools, but the math doesn't lie.

And what are most of them doing?

A countdown timer. Sticky add to cart. Size chart....

AI wrote the first version of that section.

I rewrote it.

Not because it was wrong. The logic was fine. The syntax was clean. It would have shipped.

But I've been in enough Shopify builds to know that "fine" and "right" aren't the same thing. The component worked, but it just...

Most devs are using AI as a search engine. I use it as a build partner. 🤝

The tools in my current rotation as a Shopify dev:

🧠 Claude for Liquid logic, component architecture, and anything where I need a second brain on structure.

🎨 Midjourney when a client needs direction on...

Most brands have a strong Figma design. Most brands have a live Shopify store that doesn't match it. Not because the design was wrong. Because the theme couldn't keep up. Default sections have fixed constraints. Font sizes locked. Padding hardcoded. Layouts that bend the...