Finally submitted my app for review! (I will not promote)

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share that it took me almost 6 months to create my 1st Shopify app that I just submitted for review!

Why so long you ask? Many reasons, many of them not good...

• I used Cursor and then Claude Code to do the actual coding
• I tried leveraging an open source code initially, spent probably 2 months on trying to make it work my way. It Failed. Had to start from 0.
• Initially I tried to copy a lot of what the open source app had. Realized half way that I don't need most of their stuff and the rest I don't like how it was built. So 2 months in, I had to do a ton of refactoring on my code which probably took another 1 to 2 months in total of coding, testing, changing, etc.
• I wasn't clear on what I wanted with my app. Tried leveraging some features from competitors but it just didn't click
• Had very difficult time finding real users to test and get feedback, had to make many assumptions
• Coding with AI assistants is challenging especially initially, spent many days adjusting my processes, improving docs, agents, skills, and memory context. Still had issues with AI overwriting what was working :(

I can probably list more excuses, but though it took me a lot longer than I anticipated, I'm pretty proud of the V1 product so far to help small businesses handling their customer service issues and help with up selling.

Now fingers crossed I can get it approved in the next 2 weeks.

Wish me luck please 🥺