Episode 051 - Dylan Pierce with Verdict
Liquid Weekly Podcast: Shopify Developers Talking Shopify DevelopmentShow Notes
In this episode of the Liquid Weekly Podcast, hosts Karl Meisterheim and Taylor Page are joined by Dylan Pierce, founder of Verdict Software and a fraud expert, who helps determine if the hosts are "imposters." Dylan details his journey to creating the Shopify app Real ID, which uses deeper verification to combat false positives, deter "friendly fraud," and help merchants win chargebacks, emphasizing how Shopify Flow is essential for building custom fraud rules, such as ID verification for specific items in certain regions.
The conversation also covers Dylan's technical preference for Node in a mono-repo architecture, the threat of AI-driven spoofing and the need for digital IDs, how Claude's "Plan Mode" has dramatically increased productivity, and the latest Shopify Changelog updates, including the new Admin Intents API.
Find Dylan Online Website: https://dylanjpierce.com/ Verdict: https://getverdict.com/ Real ID Shopify App: https://apps.shopify.com/real-id Twitter(X): https://x.com/ctrlaltdylan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanpierce/
Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Welcome and Introduction of Fraud Expert Dylan Pierce 09:00 Dylan’s Background in Fraud Detection at RVshare 11:35 Tiny House? 13:40 Tech Stack and Language Preferences 15:20 Real ID vs. Shopify's Fraud Analysis 19:30 False Positives and the Black Box of Shopify's Fraud System 26:15 Digital IDs and the Future of AI Spoofing 28:20 Managing Multiple Apps with a Mono-Repo and AWS 33:00 Thoughts on Shopify's Next-Gen Dev Platform 38:50 Using AI with Development 51:00 How Shopify Fraud Analysis is Changing 1:04:28 Dev Changelog 1:10:10 Picks of the Week
Resources Mock Bridge (Dylan's own local testing strategy): https://x.com/ctrlaltdylan/status/1978458949176164427 RVshare: https://rvshare.com/ Sneaker Bot Article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/15/style/sneaker-bots.html Helium: https://heliumdev.com/
Dev Changelog - Introducing the admin intents API - https://shopify.dev/changelog/introducing-the-admin-intents-api - [action required] Upcoming Markets pricing support for Draft Order checkouts - https://shopify.dev/changelog/upcoming-markets-pricing-support-for-draft-order-checkouts - Duplicate themes with the Admin GraphQL API - https://shopify.dev/changelog/duplicate-themes-with-the-admin-graphql-api - Polaris unified web components are now stable - https://shopify.dev/changelog/polaris-unified-web-components-are-now-stable - Shopify.dev MCP Now Supports More APIs - https://shopify.dev/changelog/shopifydev-mcp-now-supports-more-apis - Themes now use one industry tag for better search results - https://shopify.dev/changelog/themes-now-use-one-industry-tag-for-better-search-results
Picks of the Week Karl: Rocket Dreams by Christian Davenport: https://amzn.to/3KWoVor Dylan: Dark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_(TV_series) Taylor: Garmin Bounce Watch: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945/
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