Gadget

Traffic spikes during flash sales and BFCM events can overwhelm even well-built apps. That’s why Gadget introduced Surge: a feature that lets your app temporarily exceed its normal rate limits during periods of unusually high traffic without requiring a plan change. With Surge, you can: • Automatically scale during peak demand • Handle unexpected traffic bursts more reliably • Only pay for the additional compute you use

Shopify just dropped the webhook upgrade developers have been waiting for. Instead of receiving the full product payload every time a change occurs, the new event system (currently in developer preview) allows you to define a GraphQL query and return only the fields you actually need. At scale, this translates to significantly less compute power and lower costs spent processing redundant data. In our latest video, we walk through a quick example built in Gadget. We cover: - Setting up new event subscriptions - Verifying incoming requests - Upserting products into your database We also run a traditional webhook alongside it so you can evaluate the performance comparison directly. Watch the full video to see how to implement this in your stack: https://lnkd.in/e9bsPUw2

Shopify just rolled out a major update to their app billing API, making usage-based and metered billing first-class features. That opens the door for much more flexible pricing models for Shopify apps. In this walkthrough, we break down what changed in the API, why it matters, and how to build a full Shopify app with both subscription and usage-based billing using Gadget. You’ll see how to handle: • OAuth and app setup • Subscription billing • Metered usage tracking • End-to-end deployment Watch the full video on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ektqAZnu

Building a custom 3D globe renderer within the constraints of Shop Minis is seriously impressive, and using Gadget to handle auth, tracking APIs, and geocoding made for a really clean full-stack build. Great work 👏

Congrats on the launch! Exciting to see how quickly this was built with Gadget!

Building a custom Shopify app shouldn’t mean weeks spent fighting OAuth, deployment scripts, and infrastructure. For Tanmay Kejriwal, it did. What started as a simple project turned into weeks of setup and backend complexity. After switching to Gadget, that changed quickly. → 5x faster development → Built and exited a successful app → Launched a thriving agency Read the full case study: https://lnkd.in/eTuKy2zs

Seeing huge Postgres read metrics? That’s usually normal. High read volumes happen as Postgres scans indexes, tables, and TOAST storage. But when query counts don’t match the amount of data being read, it’s often a sign there’s room to optimize and reduce costs. Watch how we break down Postgres reads vs. writes:

Tired of dealing with Shopify OAuth and webhook infrastructure? This step-by-step video walks through how to build a full-stack Shopify app using Gadget, without the usual backend boilerplate. It covers how to: • Handle authentication • Integrate with the Shopify GraphQL API • Sync data efficiently Watch the full tutorial: https://lnkd.in/e557nNh7

Shopify app configuration just got simpler. With Gadget framework v1.7.0, the Shopify TOML file is now the single source of truth for your app configuration. That means: - Scopes, webhooks, and app settings all live in one canonical file - Changes made in the editor automatically write to TOML - Source control and deployments stay aligned with Shopify’s app model Before, parts of a Gadget Shopify app lived outside the TOML. Now everything comes together in one clear, CLI-friendly configuration that’s easier to understand and manage. You can still use the Gadget editor exactly as before — it now just writes directly to the TOML behind the scenes. Read the full breakdown of what’s new in v1.7.0: https://lnkd.in/e8TsfYt3