I didn’t plan to build a real Shopify app.
I just wanted customers to send me photo and video reviews without me having to ask.
So naturally… I spent 50+ hours coding an automated system to make my life “easier.”
Spoiler: it wasn’t easier.
In this video, I tell the full story of how Honest UGC was born — from the first “what if” moment, to vibe coding late at night, to waiting four painful days for Shopify to approve it.
It’s not a viral success story.
There are only two installs (and one of them is mine).
But it works — and that feeling is honestly unreal.
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