Episode 40 - Ole Thorup on How to Scale Shopify Apps with Cloudflare

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Liquid Weekly Podcast: Shopify Developers Talking Shopify Development

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5 days ago

Each episode hosts Karl and Taylor discuss the latest news and techniques for Shopify development. Hear about current projects, listen to interviews with developers and take your theme and app development skills to another level.

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Episode 40 - Ole Thorup on How to Scale Shopify Apps with Cloudflare

Liquid Weekly Podcast: Shopify Developers Talking Shopify Development

56 minutes 38 seconds

7 months ago

Episode 40 - Ole Thorup on How to Scale Shopify Apps with Cloudflare

In this episode of Liquid Weekly, Karl and Taylor sit down with Ole Thorup, seasoned Shopify developer and creator of Accentuate Custom Fields and now Shopify Apps Espresso Editor and Espresso Live Metafields, to explore the power and possibilities of CloudFlare in Shopify app development.Episode Highlights* Ole's journey from COBOL developer to Shopify merchant to app developer* Deep dive into CloudFlare's features including Workers, Queues, and Durable Objects* How to handle app scaling and performance optimization* Tips for managing large-scale Shopify stores with 100,000+ products* Insights into building Espresso apps and live metafields* The evolution from traditional hosting to serverless architectureAbout Ole ThorupOle is a developer with 40 years of experience who transitioned from banking and telecom to Shopify development. After creating and selling the successful Accentuate Custom Fields app, he now runs Espresso with his son, continuing to innovate in the Shopify ecosystem.Find Ole Online* Twitter/X - https://x.com/olethorup* Espresso Apps - https://espressoapps.com/Timestamps00:00 - Introduction05:30 - Ole's Background12:45 - CloudFlare Deep Dive30:20 - App Architecture45:10 - Scaling and Performance52:30 - Shopify Dev Changelog57:00 - Picks of the WeekResources:* Cloudflare - https://www.cloudflare.com/* Cloudflare Learning Center - https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/* Cloudflare Developer docs - https://developers.cloudflare.com/* Peacock’s Serverless Apps of Cloudflare - https://pragprog.com/titles/apapps/serverless-apps-on-cloudflare/* Flared Up - https://research.cloudflare.com/outreach/updates/mailinglist/* How Shopify Uses Cloudflare - https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/shopify/* Tanstack - https://tanstack.com/* Shadcdn/ui - https://ui.shadcn.com/Dev Changelog* New opacity controls for theme colors - https://shopify.dev/changelog/new-opacity-controls-for-theme-colors* App ratings now factor in trust signals, with reviews from lower-trust shops carrying less weight. - https://shopify.dev/changelog/app-ratings-now-factor-in-trust-signals* New Inventory Transfers experience available for testing in Dev Preview - https://shopify.dev/changelog/new-inventory-transfers-experience-available-for-testing-in-dev-preview* Introducing PRODUCT_CATEGORY_ID_WITH_DESCENDANTS in CollectionRuleColumn for smart collections - https://shopify.dev/changelog/introducing-productcategoryidwithdescendants-in-collectionrulecolumn-for-smart-collectionsPicks of the Week* Ole: Black Mirror Season 7* Karl: King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard* Taylor: TalkingShop.dev PodcastSign Up for Liquid WeeklyDon't miss out on expert insights and tips—subscribe to Liquid Weekly for more content like this: https://liquidweekly.com/