I Hid Swag and I'd Do It Again! - Recapping our DotDev Adventure

<p><strong>Episode 073 – I Hid Swag and I&#39;d Do It Again! - Recapping our DotDev Adventure</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Karl and Taylor reunite for a full-week recap of Shopify Dev in Toronto — from a canceled Air Canada flight and a border crossing full of event signage, to Taylor&#39;s metaobjects talk, the live podcast recording at Dev Studio, and the Shopify-shutting-down-an-entire-street Block Party. </p><p>They also debrief BrightWork, the first-ever event Taylor hosted after Tectonic was canceled, and close with a run of street-style interviews from the Dev floor covering POS development, agent search and LLM indexing, customer accounts, Sidekick extensions, and — of course — the snacks.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sponsor</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Promo Party Pro — a free gift with purchase app Karl helped build with the team at EtherCycle. Out of the box it gives you campaigns built to increase AOV and conversion: set a spend threshold, show shoppers how close they are to earning a gift, and let Promo Party Pro handle the rest. Discount Functions under the hood, one app embed (no theme surgery), and campaigns auto-pause when the gift sells out.</p><p><br></p><p>Agency offer: get one of your clients a full year free. Promo Party Pro - https://promoparty.app/agency</p><p><br></p><p>Find it in the Shopify App Store today.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to Liquid Weekly</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Don&#39;t miss out on expert insights and tips—subscribe to Liquid Weekly for more content like this: https://liquidweekly.com/</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p><br></p><p>- 00:00 – Cold open: two dudes, a minivan, a border</p><p>- 00:31 – Welcome back, Taylor returns from episode 72</p><p>- 01:31 – Taylor&#39;s full Dev swag outfit on display</p><p>- 05:28 – The retro Pizza Hut detour</p><p>- 08:09 – Taylor&#39;s drive up and the Trudy&#39;s-apartment-as-storage-unit problem</p><p>- 11:02 – Karl&#39;s canceled Air Canada flight and the two-ticket trap</p><p>- 14:19 – Meeting Toby on the plane and taking the train to Union Station</p><p>- 16:28 – Sponsor: Promo Party Pro</p><p>- 17:10 – Airbnb vs. hotel, and Toronto neighborhoods for next year</p><p>- 20:07 – Monday events: agency brunch, Good API tree planting, live podcast, pickleball</p><p>- 24:43 – Being grateful for the community and welcoming first-timers</p><p>- 26:03 – Day one: rain, badge lines, and a pushed-back keynote</p><p>- 27:22 – The Dev snack review series explained</p><p>- 30:32 – Build Award dinner, the Shopi mascot, and a Rubik&#39;s Cube</p><p>- 32:08 – Taylor meets Adam Wathan (and immediately regrets it)</p><p>- 34:42 – Day two: Taylor&#39;s metaobjects talk and the Dev Studio live recording</p><p>- 36:33 – The Block Party: Shopify shuts down a Toronto street</p><p>- 41:21 – BrightWork debrief: what worked, what to fix next time</p><p>- 44:00 – Frat party, yacht party, and the flotilla rules</p><p>- 46:44 – Street interviews from the Dev floor begin</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><br></p><p>- Promo Party Pro – Free gift with purchase app built on Discount Functions; this episode&#39;s sponsor. https://promoparty.app</p><p>- Ether Cycle - https://ethercycle.com – Karl&#39;s partners on Promo Party Pro.</p><p>- The Support Heroes - https://thesupportheroes.com – 24/7/365 specialized customer support for Shopify apps; Angie&#39;s team, and co-hosts of the live podcast panel with Martin.</p><p>- Good API - https://www.thegoodapi.com/shopify/ – Sustainability app for planting trees, removing ocean plastic, and donating to over a million US charities; Amy&#39;s team.</p><p>- Raise Wave – Fundraiser app Good API built together with Felix &amp; Norton - https://apps.shopify.com/raisewave</p><p>- POS Cafe – Shopify point of sale app built by Adam Wooding out of South East Queensland, Australia - https://apps.shopify.com/poscafe</p><p>- Three Acres