Shopify Partners North
Tuesday 27th January 2026 - 6pm
Tuesday 27th January 2026 - 6pm
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Welcome to the Shopify Partners North Developers Meetup!
Connect, learn, and engage with fellow Shopify professionals. This event is perfect for developers, agencies, and anyone interested in Shopify apps, themes, and more!
Whether you've worked with Shopify before, or looking to get started, everyone is welcome!
Hosted by Shopify Partners: Pimsical, Hookdeck & IDHL
**New Location**
This event will be at a new location -> IDHL 10 South Parade, Leeds, LS1 5QS (Google maps link)
Agenda
18:00 - 18:15 Doors Open
18:15 - 18:25 Welcome and Intro to meetup
A brief intro into the meetup, and ourselves and what we are looking to do in future.
18:25 - 18:50 Reliably Handling Webhooks at Scale: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
By Phil Leggetter Learn how to build reliable Shopify webhook infrastructure. The talk covers critical challenges like handling out-of-order events, duplicates, and back pressure in Shopify's event-driven architecture. You'll discover practical patterns for idempotent processing, defensive design strategies, and scaling techniques to reliably manage high-volume Shopify webhooks.
18:50 - 19:15 Liquid Diet: Optimising Theme Performance
By Ryan Townsend Product-led Fractional CTO at TWNSND. With over 20 years of experience in technology, including 10 years as a full-time CTO, Ryan Townsend is a passionate leader and distinguished software engineer who has delivered growth for his clients measured in the hundreds of millions.
19:15 - 19:20 Announcements
Are you hiring, looking for work, running another event, etc? This is time for anyone in the community to let everyone know.
19:20 Onward Networking & Drinks
About this event
This is our regular meetup events for Shopify Developers, held in the North of the UK. This meetup is a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow developers, share insights, and explore the latest tools and technologies that Shopify has to offer.
We’ll be discussing a range of topics from themes and APIs to Apps, POS, entrepreneurship and everything in between.
We will be hosting the event at IDHL's office in central Leeds (Google Maps link). Located less than 10 minutes walk from Leeds Train Station, or parking is available nearby.
IDHL office entrance:
If you’re interested in hosting future events, or would simply like to appear as a guest speaker, please let us know via jordan@finners.dev.
About Pimsical
Over the past 5 years, Jordan has gained extensive experience with Shopify, culminating in the launch of his own company, Pimsical, where we specialise in developing Shopify apps for Stock Takes, Warehouse Integration and Staff Discounts. We also offer bespoke consulting services to improve your Shopify setup.
Jordan spent 3+ years at Gymshark and supported the launch of their first retail store, gaining insights into both successes and challenges. During his tenure, Jordan integrated various systems, including warehouses, Algolia, Netsuite and more. He also leads a team automating the product lifecycle to reduce the time to get products live and helping product launches across online and retail channels.
Additionally, Jordan’s experience at Checkout Blocks; a Shopify app acquired by Shopify, provided him with extensive expertise in customising checkouts, both online and POS, and managing internationalisation and translations.
About Hookdeck
Hookdeck helps developers build dependable event-driven systems by making it easy to ingest, queue, filter, transform, and deliver webhooks and other events. Over 300 companies, including Lemon Squeezy, Bolt, Gorgias, and Contenful, rely on Hookdeck to manage billions of events from platforms like Shopify, Stripe, and Twilio.
With Hookdeck, you can:
- Develop and test webhooks locally with the same reliability as production
- Protect your app from API overload with automatic queuing and rate limiting
- Debug, inspect, and replay webhook deliveries with full visibility
- Deduplicate, filter, and transform events before they hit your system
For Shopify developers, Hookdeck removes the friction of handling webhooks across development, testing, and production environments. Whether you’re processing high-volume order events or filtering out unneeded product updates, Hookdeck keeps things reliable so you can focus on building.
About IDHL
IDHL helps ambitious brands accelerate growth through digital innovation. We combine performance marketing, web solutions, data intelligence, and AI-driven innovation to deliver measurable results. As a Shopify Platinum Partner, we invest in technology and ideas that keep businesses ahead in a fast-changing world.
Operating across the UK and the US, our team of specialists create integrated solutions that make a real difference, from smarter acquisition strategies to conversion-led UX.