Up, Up & Away

In this episode, I get a chance to sit down with Gavin Ballard, the CEO of Disco Labs. Gavin works exclusively with Shopify Plus stores doing backend development and integration work. He's done some really interesting work in the past, including building subscriptions in the native Shopify checkout 2 years ago before any of the recent APIs were released using a custom payment gateway. One of the tools that he uses frequently is Shopify Flow. In this episode, we dive into some use cases for Shopify Flow that any Shopify Plus stores can use. Some of the use cases that we look at are: - Low Stock Notification - Auto-Capture Low Risk Orders: Leave higher risk orders uncaptured to reduce chargeback risk - Flag Special Orders: Identify special orders (eg expedited shipping) and tag those orders + notify warehouse - Basic Loyalty System: Detect customer spend after order and apply a loyalty tag - More Advanced Loyalty System (demonstrates Flow connection with custom app) - Send payment reminder if Net 30 or

Being A Community Newbie

New ExtDN Installer

The Oura Ring And Developer KPIs

Flow State = More Income

New And Improved Commerce Hero Site

Encouraging Certifications For Employees

Working Nights And Weekends

M2 Certification Prep

When To Stop Work For Non-Payment

The Remote Work Adoption Curve

Develop A System For Employee KPIs

Underpaid vs Overpaid

Everybody Should Be Looking Into VueJS

10X Devs Exist (And That's A Good Thing)

Leveling Up From Shopify With React To Magento

Should You Hire Developers Outside Of The US

How I Got Started With Magento

Set Expectations For Client Communication

Higher Demand For US based Developers