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From its inception, 3Doodler had largely relied on a WordPress stack to manage its array of web properties. However, as we grew, so did our e-commerce needs, and so around 2016 I convinced the team to dip its toes in Shopify's pond. Exciting as this transition was, it came with challenges. The largest was the number of active WordPress projects that would now require a Shopify retrofit, as tight launch deadlines made full Liquid rebuilds unfeasible.

This was one such project. Fortunately for me, Shopify had just released its JavaScript Buy SDK. Despite being buggy and sparsely documented—as libraries fresh out of beta tend to be—it ultimately provided what I needed to bring Faraz's sublime design to life (in PHP) while seamlessly integrating it into our nascent Shopify eco-system. This approach met all requirements while preserving not only my bandwidth but sanity by no longer having to toil with WooCommerce.