Zachary Chester

building at @onelivellc

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

it's wild to think that just two years i was 10+ years in sales... ever since vibe coding became a thought it 's drastically changed my entire career path.

i've always enjoyed the thought of learning and writing code, but i just never had the proper timing to make that transition, and lets be real... learning languages is hard lol.

fast forward to today, i've successfully sold 2 vibe coded shopify apps, 1 web platform and i'm currently working on another commission shopify app.

today, i'm still an account manager, but the transitioning point im making as an vibe developer is pretty surreal.

i think by this time next year i'll be 100% focused on vibe dev.

all cause of a simple push from @MattPRD two years ago.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

I'm thinking by this time next year, it'll be lit up like a christmas tree 🎄🎄🎄

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

cookies & bizzness!

[Simon Biscuits ☻ @seempaq]

Im so excited for tomorrow man we gonna talk b2b with @BuildWithZach

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@seempaq cookies and business!

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@seempaq @ShopifySupport 🤣🤣

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@thedanielokon "we're just reshuffling, again" looool

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@grentontv big FOMO from wpg.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

👀 oh i know...

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

first project is now running in @gadget_dev.

the API models are slick, and it’s wild how much useless webhook plumbing they let you cut out.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

i guess it's time to jump into @gadget_dev an migrate a few projects this week.

still going to utilize the crap out of @render for non-shopify projects.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@burkeholland @github @mattpocockuk This is dope, I made a custom one for myself called tree of thoughts ToT and it’s basically a bunch of skilled branches around “thinking on your own”.

Been playing with it around website build outs and seeing how far I can keep it looping to the finish line lol

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@amanobviously all the time.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@gadget_dev @render will keep you posted ;) got some training on the platform i'm getting done early am tomorrow!

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

i guess it's time to jump into @gadget_dev an migrate a few projects this week.

still going to utilize the crap out of @render for non-shopify projects.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@boardyai i've got a few plants growing right now ☘️☘️☘️☘️🌿

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

won't lie... sidekick by @Shopify is pretty dope for debugging apps on shop.

also since when did shopify get a lol team?

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@MattPRD 🤣🤣🤣

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

How I talk to codex sometimes

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

cat

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

@thedanielokon Check out the team from Out of the Blue... ;p

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

While I was in the theme we also shipped a pill style tab nav, fixed a CSS Grid alignment issue that had been broken for years, and cleaned up the featured collection arrows.

- One client conversation.
- Multiple fixes.
- Zero tickets logged.

This is what agentic coding unlocks for teammates who are willing to learn.

You do not need to be a developer.
You just need to understand the problem.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

Yesterday evening a client hit me up frustrated.

Their homepage collage section was randomly turning into a slider with arrows whenever the heading field was left blank.

Typed one letter in? Fixed itself.
Left it empty? Broken.

Classic "works on my machine" energy.

[Zachary Chester @BuildWithZach]

Scoped the slick selector to its own section ID, added a JS guard to destroy any rogue instance.

Nuked the Dawn theme min height default that was forcing buttons to 72px no matter what CSS we threw at it.

!important was not enough.

Had to strip the class entirely and rebuild from scratch.