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#30 "Mattress In Frame"
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
[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] T...
#29 "The Webhook Support Group"
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
[00:00:00] Cold Open & Community Praise[00:00:25] Sponsor: Smile.io (Black Friday Sponsorship)[00:01:05] Pre-Show Chaos & Stream Setup[00:02:0...
#28 "They Call Me "IT Dave"
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00 - 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 H...
#27 "Hunky Bill Appreciation Day"
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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 Reven...
#26 "GCloud Goblin Mode"
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00 – Cold open + Smile.io sponsor 01:13 – Friday vibes + late-night Claude sessions 02:09 – GCloud + SQL wizardry 03:47 – The nightmare tha...
#25 "Declarative Metafields, Declarative Regrets"
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 – 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 ...
#24 "Control Alt Dylan"
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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[0...
#23 "Living in the Terminal"
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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 Termina...
#22 "The Final AGI Boss: Bluetooth"
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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 L...
#21 "An Army Of Drones In The Sewer"
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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...
#20 "Metrics Day"
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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 Hor...
#19 "Let Sidekick Cook"
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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:...
#18 "Panoply"
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two Shopify devs swap jet-lagged war stories: losing voices in Toronto, escaping e-com burnout, and chasing 10× performance with renegade stacks like...
#17 "The Rooftop Waitlist"
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[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 ...
#16 "Vibe Conferencing"
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[00:00:00] Game Boy Easter Eggs & Nostalgia[00:03:45] Dad Germ Warfare & Vitamin-D Maxing[00:05:30] Methylene Blue, Science Curveballs[00:06:5...
#15 "Dev Mode: Trademarked and Triggered"
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From AI‑powered coding epiphanies to unexpected Objective‑C detours, this episode is equal parts tech therapy and hacker joyride. Kalen and David ...
#14 "Hit F5 on the Dome"
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 - Kicking Things Off: To-Do Lists and Mega Tasks00:01:40 - Proof of Concept: Matching Big SQL Numbers00:02:20 - Low on Juice: Nap Strategies ...
#13 "Hold My Rock"
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
• 00:00:00 – Introduction: Testing the “Push” Approach• 00:01:03 – Cadence & Scheduling• 00:02:04 – Work-Life Balance & Person...
#12 "Duck Hunt & The AI Revolution"
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
• 00:00:00 – Intro & Sponsor Message• 00:00:44 – Sponsor Details: smile.io & Benefits Overview• 00:01:25 – Travel & Logisti...
#11 "Mutate and Dip"
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 – Introduction & Episode OverviewKickoff of TSD #11 – Mutate and Dip00:01:18 – Hedge Booking, Discounts & Tariff TalkDiscussion...
#10 "Bundle of Shenanigans"
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 – Intro: Competitor Research vs. InspirationDavid explains his approach to finding app ideas without heavy competitor research.00:01:00 –...
#9 "Bundle Up"
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 - Introduction: The Shopify Way00:01:10 - Discussion on Bundles and Pricing Strategies00:02:00 - Different Approaches to Bundling Products00:...
#8 "Going Doc Spelunking"
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[00:00:00] – Intro & Back-In-Stock FlowDavid kicks things off by explaining how the back‐in‐stock flow automatically fires when inventory be...
#7 "Pure LocalHost"
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 - Intro. Sponsored by Smile.io, because your discounts are out of control. 00:00:55 - Slack workspaces and the art of saying no to notificati...
#6 "I Found The Self-Destruct Button"
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[00:00:00] Intro [00:01:08] Black Friday Recap - Survived the sales madness, barely. [00:03:18] Bonus & Team Morale - Because tattoos last longer ...
#5 "New Customer Accounts FINAL v18 (Approved).doc"
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 Intro 00:00:51 Digging Out From A Mountain Of Client Work 00:01:47 Dealing with Feisty Clients 00:03:13 Making Things Make Sense 00:05:13 Rus...
#4 "Smile" w/ David Robinson
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have a sponsor now! This episode is brought to you by smile.io! Join the thousands of Shopify Plus businesses that use Smile to increase repeat pur...
#2 "The Scope Bot" w/ David Robinson
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode number two of talkingshop.dev. I sat down again with David Robinson, the Director of Technology for fashion brand Cuyana. We tal...
#1 "The Upsell Is The Upsell" w/ David Robinson
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of talkingshop.dev - a podcast where we just talk shop with other developers working with Shopify. In this episode, I sat...