Turn the product bet into proof.
I’m an app developer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I help SaaS teams, agencies, and operators across Canada build custom apps, automate business workflows, and test new product ideas.
Custom app development & AI automation in Winnipeg ↗
01 / A FEW THINGS I’VE PUT INTO THE WORLD
Official Shopify updates. A local search. Evidence from your project.
shopify-updates check /path/to/project \
--task "add order tracking"Release context for your coding agent. Built by Zach.
Shopify purchases become Discord access.
A home for the deck. And the people behind it.
Built it. Grew it. Exited.
BUILDWITHZACH LAB / FREE LEARNING
Build an enquiry assistant you can actually run. Six lessons, full source, and focused repairs for the things AI-generated apps tend to get wrong.
Enter the learning hub ↗START THE FIRST BUILD →The sprint contract
A focused build should answer a decision, not create another artifact for the roadmap. The work is scoped around the smallest useful surface that can produce signal.
Who is this for? What must the workflow prove? What is the smallest credible test?
Prototype the actual interaction, not a presentation of what the interaction might be.
Buyer pull, operator feedback, and product evidence become the next-step decision.
Every idea that crosses this bench ends one of four ways: kill it, refine it, pilot it, or productize it. Two made it all the way to the exit column. The rest of the book is open and running — that's what the ledger below is for.
the receipt prints once. everything on it is real.
| ID | Artifact | Surface | Status | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXP-007 | MemberPort | Shopify → Discord access | Founding pilot | private waitlist ↗ |
| EXP-004 | Riftstorm.gg | Deck building / gaming | Live | riftstorm.gg ↗ |
| EXP-005 | SalesOp AI | AI sales operations | Live | live SaaS |
| EXP-001 | CartFlow | Cart conversion | Pilot | private pilot |
| EXP-002 | Custom Accounts | Membership accounts | Pilot | private pilot |
| EXP-006 | Shopify MCP | AI ↔ store context | Pilot | private pilot |
| EXP-003 | Phantom Node | USD/JPY quant desk | In build | private |
| EXP-008 | RP Journal | Structured journal — ██████ | In build | internal build |
| XIT-001 | Zero-Value Inc | SaaS — $30K MRR in 60 days | Sold | exit 2019 |
| XIT-002 | Expand Your Roots | Supplements — #1 in Canada | Exited | Mutant exclusive |
Agencies have client opportunities they cannot productize. SaaS teams have ideas stuck behind engineering priorities. Operators know where the workflow breaks. I frame the problem, build a focused surface, test the signal, and hand back a next-step decision.