@ustinKnight

Director of Design at @Shopify, building the future with Canvas.

 Austin, TX
AustinKnight.com/
Joined November 2011
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Katie Swett Miller@katieswettOct 2
Replying to @ustinKnight
@ustinKnight crushing it! 🔥
Shopify
@ShopifyOct 1
There’s a new way to design stores on Shopify Introducing Canvas See your whole store at once. Click any detail to edit or tell Sidekick what you want to build.
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TechCrunch
@TechCrunchOct 1
Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time. spr.ly/6016BGQGKw

Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI | TechCrunch

Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.

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Katarina Batina
@katarinabatinaOct 1
An incredible unlock for merchants on @Shopify, full creativity at their fingertips to design the online store of their dreams, bringing the canvas paradigm to the creation process. A design forward interface that maximizes the possibilities. Game changing work from @ustinKnight @benjaminsehl and the team.
Ben Sehl
@benjaminsehlOct 1
When I built @kotn’s first store 12 years ago, I knew how to code and it still took me two weeks just to get to something OK, years to get to something I liked. We built the tool I wish I had back then. Here’s Canvas.
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Derek Briggs
@PixelJanitorOct 1
Ben and @ustinKnight and team have been sweating the details on this for a while now. So excited to see this get shipped. Big, big fan of these guys.
Ben Sehl
@benjaminsehlOct 1
When I built @kotn’s first store 12 years ago, I knew how to code and it still took me two weeks just to get to something OK, years to get to something I liked. We built the tool I wish I had back then. Here’s Canvas.
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Lock-On
@LockOnGearOct 1
Had a chance to play around with this and the possibilities are endless! Don't limit yourself to static pages either, Canvas can handle more complex things like this 3D globe that shows what countries our retailers operate in 🤯
Shopify
@ShopifyOct 1
There’s a new way to design stores on Shopify Introducing Canvas See your whole store at once. Click any detail to edit or tell Sidekick what you want to build.
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tobi lutke
@tobiOct 1
This is a totally new level for storefront design. Super excited for you all to try it.
Shopify
@ShopifyOct 1
There’s a new way to design stores on Shopify Introducing Canvas See your whole store at once. Click any detail to edit or tell Sidekick what you want to build.
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Shopify wants more beauty on the web. That’s why we over-invest in things like Editions. The same ambition shaped Canvas. AI makes it easy to generate more of the same, so we spent a great deal of time guiding Sidekick to make good design decisions while giving you room to make something distinctly yours. Meet Canvas. Jump in and start designing.
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shopify.com/news/introducing…

Introducing Canvas: Opening the aperture on online store design

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Shopify
@ShopifyOct 1
There’s a new way to design stores on Shopify Introducing Canvas See your whole store at once. Click any detail to edit or tell Sidekick what you want to build.
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Ben Sehl
@benjaminsehlOct 1
When I built @kotn’s first store 12 years ago, I knew how to code and it still took me two weeks just to get to something OK, years to get to something I liked. We built the tool I wish I had back then. Here’s Canvas.
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Shopify
@ShopifySep 30
That’s better Now you can pin our plugin in @ChatGPT
OpenAI Developers
@OpenAIDevsSep 29
Replying to @OpenAIDevs
Plugin extensions let you build interactive panels, file viewers, and a sidebar home in ChatGPT. Get clearer feedback when submitting your plugin for review. With support for the proposed MCP Events specification, events in connected apps can start automations in ChatGPT: developers.openai.com/plugin…
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Ben Sehl
@benjaminsehlSep 9
No one’s made a bigger impact on CSS than @adamwathan, @steveschoger, and the @tailwindcss team. I’ve been a fan & a friend of theirs for years and I’m so pumped to have them come help us push the web forward. Exciting times ahead!
Adam Wathan
@adamwathanSep 9
Big one today — Tailwind is joining Shopify 🛍️
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Adam Wathan
@adamwathanSep 9
Big one today — Tailwind is joining Shopify 🛍️
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tobi lutke
@tobiJun 17
Productivity unlock: Le Mans and the new Edition in the same week. Dropping now: The Everywhere Edition. 150+ updates. Highlights in 🧵
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Carl Rivera
@carlriveraApr 2
Design at Shopify is having a moment. A big moment! Incredible talent, and even stronger output. So we gave it a home: Shopify.design Come explore
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Ben Sehl
@benjaminsehlFeb 24
Here you go Shopify theme vibe coders: skills.sh/benjaminsehl/liqui… Tell me what feels good, bad, etc.

benjaminsehl/liquid-skills — Agent skills

3 agent skills from benjaminsehl/liquid-skills — including shopify-liquid-themes, liquid-theme-standards, liquid-theme-a11y. Install with npx skills add benjaminsehl/liquid-skills.

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I’m hiring Staff and Senior Staff designers to join my team at @Shopify. Interested? DM me something you've made recently.
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yuwen lu
@yuwen_lu_Jan 23
someone stop me
Krea
@krea_aiJan 22
introducing Realtime Edit. now, like with Nano Banana, you can edit images with complex instructions in real time. join the beta 👇
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Mmmmh I wonder what he's looking at 👀👀👀 @Shopify @threejs @NeedleTools
🌵 Marcel Wiessler
@marcel_wiessler11 Dec 2025
They did use 3D models and we can fly through the scenes and check it all out! #threejs @Shopify Using the @NeedleTools three.js inspector
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Robleh
@robjama11 Dec 2025
shopify officially has the best design team in tech. sorry stripe.
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