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Journal

Working notes on Shopify: what changes in the platform, what breaks in a migration, and what actually moves a store. Written by the people who build them.

September 2026

Getting your Shopify store surfaced by AI assistants: what is already on and what is still your job

Shopify has already wired your catalog into AI assistants and there is no opting out. What is handled for you, what is still your job, and what depends on who you sell to.

agentic commerce
checkout
platform

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September 2026

Shopify Core Web Vitals: what the platform measures and what's left to you

Shopify reports LCP, INP and CLS on your own visitors rather than a single speed score. What to check in your reports, what the platform already handles, and what is still left to you.

checkout
core web vitals
performance

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September 2026

Checkout extensibility on Shopify: what earns a place inside checkout

checkout.liquid was not replaced by another file but by layers with different rules. A framework for deciding what goes to Functions, to UI extensions, to pixels, to branding, or out of checkout.

checkout
design
migrations

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Editions, checkout changes, new Plus features: we write when something happens that changes what you should be doing with your store. Not every week.

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Getting your Shopify store surfaced by AI assistants: what is already on and what is still your job

Shopify Core Web Vitals: what the platform measures and what's left to you

Checkout extensibility on Shopify: what earns a place inside checkout

When Shopify ships something that changes what your store should do, we tell you.