Shopify Just Rebuilt Webhooks (and a Lot More) | Eytan Seidman | Spring '26 Editions

<p>Eytan Seidman, VP of Product at Shopify, returns to the Liquid Weekly Podcast for a special Spring '26 Editions walkthrough with Karl and Taylor.</p><p>It is a full tour of what is dropping for developers: static app home extensions, the App Events API, AI Kit, Sidekick app extensions going GA, the ongoing Dev Dashboard overhaul, a rebuilt logging experience, UCP and agentic commerce, next-gen events replacing webhooks, and the shift from Managed Pricing to Shopify App Pricing. Basically a whole episode of changelog.</p><p>A must-listen for app developers, agencies, and anyone building on the Shopify platform.</p><p><b>Subscribe to Liquid Weekly</b><br />Don't miss out on expert insights and tips. Subscribe to Liquid Weekly for more content like this: <a href="https://liquidweekly.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://liquidweekly.com/</a></p><p><b>Find Eytan Online</b></p><ul><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eytanseidman/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/eytanseidman/</a></li><li>X: <a href="https://x.com/eytanseidman" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/eytanseidman</a></li></ul><p><strong>See the Spring '26 Editions: <a href="https://www.shopify.com/editions/spring2026" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.shopify.com/editions/spring2026</a></strong></p><p><b>Timestamps</b></p><ul><li>(00:00) Intro snippets</li><li>(01:03) Intros and welcoming back Eytan Seidman</li><li>(02:17) Static app home extensions: building apps fully on Shopify</li><li>(08:08) App Events API: observability and monitoring in Dev Dash</li><li>(13:03) AI Kit: store auth, store execute, and how it differs from MCP</li><li>(17:54) Sidekick app extensions GA: data and app action extensions</li><li>(25:21) Dev Dashboard overhaul: store and team management</li><li>(31:34) Logging overhaul: API requests, filtering, and unified logs</li><li>(35:40) Catalog improvements and the UCP CLI</li><li>(38:16) Building carts across merchants with UCP</li><li>(40:35) Agent to agent purchasing and accountability</li><li>(44:04) Next-gen events: rebuilding webhooks</li><li>(52:08) Shopify App Pricing: usage-based pricing and meters</li><li>(58:27) Closing: what Eytan is most excited for devs to try</li><li>(1:00:50) Picks of the Week</li></ul><p><b>Picks of the Week</b></p><ul><li><b>Taylor:</b> A MagSafe power bank. After his recording died in the fourth inning of his daughter's softball game, he picked one up so he can hot-swap batteries mid-game and record full-length games start to finish. <a href="https://amzn.to/4vXCZAj" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/4vXCZAj</a></li><li><b>Karl:</b> Atkins chocolate truffles, found in the reduced aisle at Kroger. A cheap, high-protein, low-carb sweet that hits the spot if you are doing keto. <a href="https://www.kroger.com/p/atkins-endulge-dark-chocolate-truffles/0063748000511" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kroger.com/p/atkins-endulge-dark-chocolate-truffles/0063748000511</a></li><li><b>Eytan:</b> Two aviation books. Flying Blind by Dominic Gates, a Seattle Times reporter, on the 737 MAX and the fall of Boeing, tracing the program from the 1960s through the late 2010s: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55994102-flying-blind?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55994102-flying-blind</a>. And The Sporty Game, an older read on the early Boeing vs Airbus competition: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/312480.The_Sporty_Game" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/312480.The_Sporty_Game</a></li></ul>