https://gnikyt.com Code ramblings. https://gnikyt.com/overloaded-ai-documentation ## Problem created from a problem For many years, the complaint in development (from developers, PMs, etc) was that documentation was n... https://gnikyt.com/overloaded-ai-documentation 2026-04-05T18:30:01+0000 thoughts https://gnikyt.com/removing-emotion-from-work I've been doing development for about 25 years now, which is still wild to think about. So much has changed in that time, *like I touche... https://gnikyt.com/removing-emotion-from-work 2026-02-25T10:24:12+0000 thoughts https://gnikyt.com/new-cq-release I intended to write an update about `cq` since a lot of features have been added in recent months, but I realized this is actually the f... https://gnikyt.com/new-cq-release 2026-02-11T07:48:02+0000 golang https://gnikyt.com/shopify-variant-metafield-webhooks When you update a metafield for a customer in Shopify, the Customer Update Webhook is triggered. 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