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While the concept is sound, I do hope that you will allow users of your service to 'detach' at some point to make their sites into something more complex. Worki
by m712 7y ago
While the concept is sound, I do hope that you will allow users of your service to 'detach' at some point to make their sites into something more complex. Working around Website as a Service limitations is a tremendously tedious haul. I have worked with a Shopify project for a few months now and having to either write or pay for (via an app) functionality that has existed on any self hosted e-commerce for years is really annoying. Not being able to modify backend code impedes development speed as you try to hack around the backend's deficiencies with Liquid. I didn't want this post to be this long but I just wanted to give my experience on this kind of subject and I hope you take appropiate measures to save your customers from dealing with similar issues.
- joantune 7y agoIf you don't want to pay for the Shopify app you can always write it yourself..
- m712 7y agoI am already aware of that, but why should I have to for basic features? If you need reviews for products, you will need an app developed by Shopify (but for some reason not integrated into their main product - what the hell?) which doesn't interoperate properly with any multi-language app (again, which shouldn't even be an app, as multi-language is a core part of many e-commerce applications) since it generates HTML server-side with embedded texts and returns it as JSONP. Another example is getting orders in a printable format. You need an app for something that could probably be done in 100 lines or less on the Shopify admin's backend. Don't get me started on multi-currency support which you can't even do with an app and need to rewire your entire checkout process to a third party system for. It's an agonizing mess.
- mkorfmann 7y agoIf you write code for companies that go out of business because A. many customers are dying because of the incautiously produced and sold products they sell or B. lawyers kick out of business before any real damage will be done, you are not a prospective Shopify user and don't benefit from the well-maintained application architecture which benefits from the prospects of separation of concern and distributed, or more accurately, well-assigned responsibility. Thanks and good luck maintaining your WooCommerce Hell.
- m712 7y agoSorry, what? Are you implying that companies I write code for go out of business? Why do you think that? >well-maintained application architecture Tsk tsk. >WooCommerce Hell I have never experienced this. Can you elaborate?
- mkorfmann 7y agoNo, I can't. Sorry. Maybe I can, if you disclose what companies you are writing code for and not just plain namedropping, but disclaim the actual products you are involved with.
- vxNsr 7y agoThat dude seems unnaturally defensive of shopify for some reason...I'd just ignore it and move on
- mkorfmann 7y agoI thought the concept is "ai" websites, why do you write it is sound?
- m712 7y ago"Sound" in this context means "makes sense".