About this podcast
Just a couple of Shopify devs talking shop
Episodes
The newest 20 of 29 episodes
- #30 "Mattress In Frame" · 1 h 48 min · Season 1 Episode 30[00:00:00] Rapid Reviews Roast & Founder Intro [00:00:33] smile.io Sponsor + Discount Warnings [00:01:13] Riverside Bugs & Tab Chaos [00:03:20] Tab Groups Are a Lie [00:05:14]…
- #29 "The Webhook Support Group" · 1 h 27 min · Season 1 Episode 29[00:00:00] Cold Open & Community Praise [00:00:25] Sponsor: Smile.io (Black Friday Sponsorship) [00:01:05] Pre-Show Chaos & Stream Setup [00:02:00] Stress, Vision, and “Taking…
- #28 "They Call Me "IT Dave" · 1 h 14 min · Episode 2800:00 - Intro & Smile.io Sponsorship 01:22 - Programmer or whatever we are 01:52 - Dave’s alter-egos and promo quotas 03:15 - Wizard hats and Halloween strategy 05:10 - Token…
- #27 "Hunky Bill Appreciation Day" · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 27[00:00:00] Cold Open & Smile.io Ad Spot [00:01:23] Rocker Glow-Up & Compliments [00:03:24] Viral Tweet & Rails Rants [00:06:24] Spam DM Revenge Plots [00:09:27] Anthropic’s…
- #26 "GCloud Goblin Mode" · 1 h 8 min00:00 – Cold open + Smile.io sponsor 01:13 – Friday vibes + late-night Claude sessions 02:09 – GCloud + SQL wizardry 03:47 – The nightmare that is Google Cloud’s UI 06:02 –…
- #25 "Declarative Metafields, Declarative Regrets" · 1 h 6 min00:00:00 – Lost in your own repo (zero-to-one brain fog) 00:01:24 – Country vs. metal: what’s actually more emotional? 00:03:11 – Never trust a web app turned desktop app…
- #24 "Control Alt Dylan" · 1 h 25 min · Episode 24[00:00:00] X.com? Nah, It’s Still Twitter [00:05:00] Beating Algorithmic Sludge & Viral Trash [00:09:30] Forums, Flows & Community Hustles [00:14:00] Killing the Flow…
- #23 "Living in the Terminal" · 1 h 6 min[00:00:00] Benchmarking the Benchmarks [00:03:40] Grok, Slack—Did We Record That? [00:06:00] Linear Side-Quest vs Jira [00:10:30] Living in the Terminal [00:15:20] Multi-Tasking…
- #22 "The Final AGI Boss: Bluetooth" · 1 h 9 min · Episode 22[00:00:00] Homework Sheet Notes & Grade-School Flashbacks [00:01:30] Dad Jokes Meet Stone-Faced Kids [00:04:50] Listener Mail, Robotics & $400 Lego Sets [00:07:00] "Fix…
- #21 "An Army Of Drones In The Sewer" · 1 h 14 min[00:00:00] Claudeputer & the 10K MRR Challenge [00:01:45] Small-Town Escapes and Dune Buggies [00:04:00] Broken Hand, Buddy Loops & Voice Coding [00:07:38] WhisperFlow Beats Mac…
- #20 "Metrics Day" · 1 h 9 min[00:00:00] Cold Open & Pen Detox [00:00:54] Sponsor – Smile.io [00:01:45] Key & Peele, Horror, and AI Doomscrolling [00:05:30] Two-Sentence Horror & Memory Glitches [00:06:30]…
- #19 "Let Sidekick Cook" · 56 min[00:00:00] Headphone Heists & Peripheral Pain [00:01:37] Friday Vibes [00:04:27] Shopify as 100-Year Kool-Aid [00:05:51] Rick Rubin Meets Tobi [00:07:43] In-Person at Editions…
- #18 "Panoply" · 1 h 0 minTwo Shopify devs swap jet-lagged war stories: losing voices in Toronto, escaping e-com burnout, and chasing 10× performance with renegade stacks like Syn.js, SPX and Centra…
- #17 "The Rooftop Waitlist" · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 17[00:00:00] Golf-Ball Hail & Garage Panic [00:03:00] Editions Event FOMO Begins [00:07:45] Party Invites, Runs & Rooftops [00:10:45] Review-Purge Heartbreak [00:14:00] Sidekick…
- #16 "Vibe Conferencing" · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 16[00:00:00] Game Boy Easter Eggs & Nostalgia [00:03:45] Dad Germ Warfare & Vitamin-D Maxing [00:05:30] Methylene Blue, Science Curveballs [00:06:50] Shopify Editions & Vibe…
- #15 "Dev Mode: Trademarked and Triggered" · 1 h 9 minFrom AI‑powered coding epiphanies to unexpected Objective‑C detours, this episode is equal parts tech therapy and hacker joyride. Kalen and David tame verbose Claude 3.7…
- #14 "Hit F5 on the Dome" · 1 h 9 min• 00:00:00 - Kicking Things Off: To-Do Lists and Mega Tasks • 00:01:40 - Proof of Concept: Matching Big SQL Numbers • 00:02:20 - Low on Juice: Nap Strategies and Brain…
- #13 "Hold My Rock" · 58 min• 00:00:00 – Introduction: Testing the “Push” Approach • 00:01:03 – Cadence & Scheduling • 00:02:04 – Work-Life Balance & Personal Updates • 00:02:15 – Fidget & Precision…
- #12 "Duck Hunt & The AI Revolution" · 56 min• 00:00:00 – Intro & Sponsor Message • 00:00:44 – Sponsor Details: smile.io & Benefits Overview • 00:01:25 – Travel & Logistics Update (Hedge Purchase, Passport, IT Budget) •…
- #11 "Mutate and Dip" · 1 h 2 min · Season 100:00:00 – Introduction & Episode Overview Kickoff of TSD #11 – Mutate and Dip 00:01:18 – Hedge Booking, Discounts & Tariff Talk Discussion about hedge booking tickets, discount…







