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Automation & AI.
Automation and AI in commerce operations: workflows that replace manual handoffs, AI-assisted marketing and support tooling, and the guardrails that keep automated systems trustworthy.
Sep 21, 2026 · Ahmed
The Assistants API Is Gone: What to Rebuild
- Automation & AI
OpenAI's Assistants API sunset on August 26, 2026. Here's what automation pipelines actually need to rebuild for the Responses and Conversations APIs.
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Sep 20, 2026 · Ahmed
Why AI Ad Creative Shouldn't Auto-Launch Without Review
- AI Automation
- Advertising
- Shopify
Generating ad creative with AI and auto-launching it to ad platforms are different risk levels that need different automation guardrails.
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Sep 18, 2026 · Muhammad Rehan
Reading Retry-After-Ms Instead of Guessing at Backoff
- Systems Integration
- AI
- Engineering
Why a system re-engaging 50,000+ CRM contacts reads the Retry-After-Ms header on 429s instead of guessing with fixed exponential backoff.
Read articleSep 17, 2026 · Ahmed
Automating Shopify Returns Without Losing Margin to Refunds
- Shopify
- Operations
- Automation
- Retention
Shopify's native return flow handles the basics for free. Here's when to automate with Flow, and when an app like Return Prime or Loop earns its cost.
Read articleSep 9, 2026 · ASSOSIATIX
Introducing AI Store Builder: Describe It, and It Builds Your Store
- AI
- Shopify
- Product Launch
- store builder
AI Store Builder turns a simple product idea into a fully built Shopify store — product selection, branding, and storefront, done for you.
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