In this episode of Liquid Weekly, Karl and Taylor reconnect after Taylor's anniversary trip to Barcelona, diving into their latest Shopify development work including theme blocks, app development challenges, and the evolving AI tooling landscape.Episode Highlights:Taylor's experience transitioning from sections/blocks to theme blocks and the mental shift requiredKarl's EtherCycle app development progress and webhook filtering solutionsDiscussion of AI coding tools: Claude Code, Cursor, Kiro, and GPT-5 comparisonsTaylor's Barcelona travel stories and balancing client work while on vacationThe challenges merchants face adapting to theme blocks in themes like HorizonKarl's clever solution for filtering Shopify webhooks per shop to reduce infrastructure overheadFour-year anniversary milestone for the Liquid Weekly newsletterTimestamps:00:00 - Introduction and Barcelona recap15:30 - Theme blocks learning curve and documentation28:45 - AI coding tools comparison and workflow35:20 - App development updates and webhook solutions45:10 - Travel work-life balance and client management52:30 - Shopify Dev Changelog57:00 - Picks of the WeekResources:Horizon theme (now open source) - https://github.com/Shopify/horizon Jan's Horizon customization video - https://www.shopifyacademy.com/video-learn-theme-customization-with-theme-blocks/2303629 Shopify customize webhook filters - https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/webhooks/customize/filters Raycast - https://raycast.com/?via=taylor Warp terminal - https://app.warp.dev/referral/2WY6RV Kiro AI coding tool - https://kiro.dev/ Claude Code - https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code Cursor CLI - https://cursor.com/en/cli Dev Changelog:Request app reviews in admin with the new Reviews API - https://shopify.dev/changelog/request-app-reviews-in-admin-with-the-new-reviews-api New: Support for nested cart lines - https://shopify.dev/changelog/new-support-for-nested-cart-lines [action required] _tracking_consent, _landing_page, _orig_referrer cookies will no longer be set - https://shopify.dev/changelog/trackingconsent-landingpage-origreferrer-cookies-will-no-longer-be-set [action required] _shopify_y and _shopify_s cookies will no longer be set - https://shopify.dev/changelog/shopifyy-and-shopifys-cookies-will-no-longer-be-set [action required] Deprecation of the checkout_and_accounts_configurations/update webhook - https://shopify.dev/changelog/deprecation-of-checkoutandaccountsconfigurationsupdate-webhook Picks of the Week:Karl: Taylor (awwwww)Taylor: Kindle Paperwhite - https://amzn.to/3UL74CB Sign Up for Liquid Weekly:Don't miss out on expert insights and tips—subscribe to Liquid Weekly for more content like this: https://liquidweekly.com/

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