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🚨 A bug that looks like a frontend problem might actually be your backend.
I once spent time checking UI code, only to find the real issue was an API returning the wrong data.
When debugging, I always check the full data flow:
Frontend → API → Backend → Database
Debug the source, not just the symptom. 🔍
Have you ever found a backend bug while fixing a frontend issue?
Yes haha, i can imagine that feeling, what a way to debug
😄 Sometimes debugging feels like detective work. You start looking in one place and end up finding the real issue somewhere completely unexpected..
hmm......well said
yess appreciate 😊😊
True. I recently had this challenge, Json; API errors can be misleading.
Absolutely! 😄 JSON and API errors can definitely send you in the wrong direction. That's why I always verify the actual response, backend logs, and network requests before assuming where the bug is..
Surprisingly the bug is usually a syntax error...
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New case study: Stoopid's store, built headless.
Stoopid sells flavoured birchwood toothpicks (Atomic Apple, Mad Mint, Classic Cinnamon), and the brand is loud, playful and a little unhinged. A Shopify theme was never going to do it justice.
So I built a custom Next.js + Tailwind frontend on top of Shopify, with GoKwik handling checkout for Indian shoppers.
A few of my favourite bits:
→ Switch flavours in the hero and the whole page changes colour to match the pack
→ A pack-size picker (1, 2, 3 or 5 packs) with the saving shown upfront
→ Stoopid Sounds: a vinyl-style player for the brand's playlist
→ A draggable 3D photo dome of the Stoopid community
→ A "Don't Click" link in the nav. Obviously.
The best part for the team: products, inventory and orders all still live in Shopify admin, so nobody has to touch code to run the store.
Branding, packaging and design by Dhruvrajsinh Vala and Dhaivat Makadiya.
Live: stoopidco.in
If you're a D2C brand that's outgrown its Shopify theme, let's talk.
This is incredible!!
