Two Shopify devs swap jet-lagged war stories: losing voices in Toronto, escaping e-com burnout, and chasing 10× performance with renegade stacks like Syn.js, SPX and Centra. Expect rants about "plugin parasites," Shopify’s review purge, AI-generated code, TRT injections, fat-bike commuting, and why every theme deserves a skeleton. Pure dev-therapy with sarcasm, heart, and way too much caffeine.