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BlindSpot Apps

Shopify + e‑commerce apps that protect revenue and remove operational chaos. First up: Monitor.

Shopify APIs + Embedded App UX React + TypeScript (frontend) Python (backend/worker logic) AWS (Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, CloudWatch/SNS)
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The story

I like building things that pay for themselves. In e‑commerce, downtime and broken flows don't just "hurt the user experience" — they burn money. Ads keep spending. Customers keep bouncing. Support gets angry. Everybody loses. BlindSpot Apps is where I build small, opinionated Shopify apps that solve those annoying, high-impact problems. Not a "suite." Not a platform. Just focused tools that do their job and get out of the way.

Apps

Uptime + critical-path monitoring for Shopify stores

Monitor

Building

Watches the stuff that actually matters (storefront → cart → checkout) and alerts you fast when something breaks.

  • Critical path checks (storefront, product pages, cart, checkout)
  • Incident tracking + “what changed?” context
  • Alerts via email / Slack / webhooks (because nobody checks dashboards)
  • Optional “ads guardrails”: pause allowlisted campaigns when checkout is down, resume on recovery

What it takes (aka: the unglamorous parts)

  • You’re building a multi-tenant product (every store is its own customer).
  • OAuth, scopes, and “why is the callback failing in production?” are part of the experience.
  • Webhooks matter (install/uninstall, billing events, store changes). Also: retries.
  • Rate limits, API versioning, and platform quirks aren’t edge cases — they’re Tuesday.
  • Background jobs, idempotency, and alert routing are what make “monitoring” real.
  • Shipping to the App Store means reviews, policies, and a lot of “please explain your value.”

Tech stack

Shopify APIs + Embedded App UXReact + TypeScript (frontend)Python (backend/worker logic)AWS (Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, CloudWatch/SNS)

What’s next

  • More apps (focused, boring, valuable).
  • More store integrations and better “blast radius” controls.
  • More polish so it feels like a product, not a side quest.

Notes / opinions

  • If you’ve ever burned ad spend into a broken checkout, you already understand the product.
  • Monitoring isn’t a chart — it’s fast detection, good alerts, and clear “what now?” steps.
  • Builders underestimate foundations. Ecommerce builders underestimate edge cases. Shopify gives you both.

If you’re building on Shopify…

I can help you ship something that survives real merchants, real traffic, and real platform constraints.

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