Robin Drexler

🍕 Yet another human being. Trying to suck a bit less every day. Developer @shopify. Co-founder of @jsunconf

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

This is my pinned tweet.

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@Montreal

[Shopify Developers @ShopifyDevs]

New in the Dev Platform:

Safer CLI deploys
• New flags give you granular control, so you don't accidentally delete extensions

Analyze your UI extension bundle size
• CLI builds now include an esbuild metafile, so you can see what's taking up space

Refreshed Admin UI and App Home docs
• Better examples, clearer descriptions, and easier to find what you need

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@supersell_club Hey, would you mind asking this question on the dev community forum? Thank you !

https://t.co/gkDdr4emrl

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

Latest shopify cli version now emits esbuild metafiles when building UI extensions.

You can just drag 'n drop these from the extension's dist/ folder straight into https://t.co/mc9P1SRAjG to learn which dependencies impact bundle size most.

https://t.co/nRWTbsQvje

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

If your extension is on a version older than 2025-10, you'll likely find a large react-reconciler in there. 👀

You can rid of that and improve performance by upgrading and using preact.

https://t.co/8ZqXSEtUaH

[Liam Griffin @liam_at_shopify]

X Spaces on Customer Account Extensions happening this Wednesday at 11AM EST with myself @pmillegan and @nicklenko https://t.co/EVmpkhpGGa

We'll be chatting about the new launch partner program that will coincide with the GA release. Bring questions, suggestions & hot takes!

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@Montreal Too soon?

[Patrick Millegan @pmillegan]

👏 new UI component for shopify app devs building customer account UI extensions just dropped

introducing the dropzone component

very handy when building file upload flows 👌

https://t.co/6Ds0xUobME

[Patrick Millegan @pmillegan]

was chatting with @bennydotevents yesterday, and he asked me:

how do we make the Shopify app ecosystem / community even better and healthier for devs, merchants, shopifolk and everyone in between?

what do u all think? what are the most important problems to solve

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

“Choose boring technology” paying off big time.

[Artem Russakovskii @ArtemR]

Delta, United, American Airlines flights are all grounded right now.

The reason Southwest is not affected is because they still run on Windows 3.1.

https://t.co/ezFubvKVNA

[Shopify Developers @ShopifyDevs]

Merchants need seamless experiences for their online customers — logged-in or not.

The Customer Account Extensions developer preview now allows:

▪️ Grouping extensions into collections
▪️ Configuring in checkout and account editor
▪️ Setting default placements
▪️ Customizing the pre-authenticated order status page

Learn more:
https://t.co/39Ke8RbQev

[Nick Lenko @nicklenko]

let us know if you have questions or feedback around how any of this works! 🔥

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@kentcdodds Also meetups happen after work whereas conferences are a (work)day activity

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@kentcdodds I think the answer varies depending on whether it’s a conference or a meetup. Meetups are usually free to attend and often in close proximity.

Conferences usually cost money and often require travel.

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@kentcdodds A Kent miss opportunity

[Jean-Michel Lemieux @jmwind]

I've been writing code for 30 years, today I code circles around my 21 year old self. AI does the boring things, my brain has cycles for the hard stuff.

AI won't take your dev job, devs who use AI like pros will.

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

Increase your luck surface area and go to meetups and conferences.

Also, it’s fun.

[Kent C. Dodds 🏹 @kentcdodds]

For some of you, this will be the most career impactful five and a half minute video of your week. Stop what you're doing and watch.

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

And I want to explicitly include all the other amazing unconfs like @phpunconference and @RubyUnconfEU that came before and after as well.

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

Just realized that the first @jsunconf took place more than a decade ago. 👴

The unconf series will forever have a special place in my heart.
They are scrappy, non profit, done by the community for the community and just a great place to hang out with amazing folks.

[Robin Drexler @RobinDrexler]

@olarclara I think profile status should do that. I always tell folks to put themselves as busy before they go on vacation.

https://t.co/Os9bUYC96g