https://li.solutions/blog/ Engineering, AI, and product notes from the LI Solutions team en Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://li.solutions/blog/replace-saas-with-custom-software/ https://li.solutions/blog/replace-saas-with-custom-software/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Retool surveyed 817 builders and found a third have already swapped at least one subscription for something they built themselves, and most of that building happens behind IT's back. The numbers are real. So are the failure modes. https://li.solutions/blog/dopamine-sites-product-lesson/ https://li.solutions/blog/dopamine-sites-product-lesson/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT South Korea's 'dopamine sites' let people browse menus, fill a cart, and watch a courier on the map with no order ever placed. It's a strange mirror for anyone who builds shopping or booking products. https://li.solutions/blog/shopify-scripts-deprecation/ https://li.solutions/blog/shopify-scripts-deprecation/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT On June 30, 2026 every Shopify Script stops executing. Plus stores running custom discount, shipping, or payment logic in Scripts will see it silently fail unless it's been rebuilt as a Function first. Here's what breaks and how to scope the move. https://li.solutions/blog/telegram-mini-apps/ https://li.solutions/blog/telegram-mini-apps/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT A billion people are on Telegram, half of them have used a mini app, and shipping one costs a fraction of a native build. The economics are real — and so are the reasons they don't apply to everyone. https://li.solutions/blog/cyber-resilience-act-iot/ https://li.solutions/blog/cyber-resilience-act-iot/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT From September 11, 2026, anyone selling connected products in the EU must report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours — including for devices shipped years ago. The full compliance wave lands in 2027, but the machinery has to exist this year. https://li.solutions/blog/healthtech-compliance-2026/ https://li.solutions/blog/healthtech-compliance-2026/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT A scheduling app and a patient-scheduling app look identical in a demo. The difference is everything underneath. The rewritten HIPAA rules, the FHIR deadlines, and a ransomware problem regulators have stopped excusing are reshaping what a healthtech build looks like in 2026. https://li.solutions/blog/ai-booking-agents/ https://li.solutions/blog/ai-booking-agents/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT AI agents are starting to book appointments for people, sometimes without ever opening your booking page. Here's what that does to the products built around scheduling, and what's worth building now. https://li.solutions/blog/shopify-agentic-storefronts/ https://li.solutions/blog/shopify-agentic-storefronts/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Shopify's Winter '26 Edition lets merchants sell directly inside ChatGPT, Copilot, Google's AI Mode, and Gemini. The buyer never lands on your site, which changes what you actually need to get right. https://li.solutions/blog/apple-blocks-vibe-coded-apps/ https://li.solutions/blog/apple-blocks-vibe-coded-apps/ Tue, 26 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Apple has started pulling apps built with vibe-coding tools from the App Store, citing the same quality and functionality rules it has used for years. The trend matters more than any individual rejection. https://li.solutions/blog/end-of-cheap-vibecoding/ https://li.solutions/blog/end-of-cheap-vibecoding/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Token economics, agent loop tax, and the Month 3 Problem: why the cheap-vibe-coding era is over and what comes next for AI-assisted development. https://li.solutions/blog/seo-for-ai-agents/ https://li.solutions/blog/seo-for-ai-agents/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT Search is being rewritten by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini. Here's what actually moves the needle when the thing ranking your content is an LLM, not a search index.