Welcome to HandledScript - The Future of E-commerce Automation

After years of working as a senior engineer at Shopify, I've experienced firsthand the frustration that comes with connecting multiple commerce platforms. The reality is that every integration requires building laborious new apps, setting up complex infrastructure, and managing countless APIs just to perform simple automated tasks.

The Problem with Current E-commerce Integrations

As e-commerce businesses grow, they inevitably need to connect various platforms:

• Shopify for their storefront
• Deposco for warehouse management
• EasyPost for shipping
• Stripe for payments
• Custom inventory systems
• Email marketing platforms

Each connection traditionally requires:

• Building dedicated applications
• Managing authentication and API keys
• Handling webhooks and event processing
• Writing custom transformation logic
• Maintaining ongoing integrations

This approach is not only time-consuming but also expensive and fragile. Small changes in one platform can break entire automation workflows.

A Better Way: The HandledScript Approach

At Handled Engineering, we believe actions in commerce shouldn't require building entirely new applications and spinning up new companies. With scripting, we can make it simple to generate utility apps that are genuinely useful in commerce.

HandledScript takes a modular approach. We expose nodes and methods for each platform, and our scripting language allows you to stitch them together in useful ways.

Here's a Real Example

Instead of building a complex application to sync Shopify orders to your warehouse management system, you can write:

workflow OrderSync {
  // Listen for new orders from Shopify
  trigger shopify.orderCreated {
    store: "your-store.myshopify.com"
    events: ["orders/paid"]
  }
  
  // Transform the order data
  transform processOrder {
    input: trigger.orderData
    output: {
      orderId: input.id,
      customerEmail: input.customer.email,
      shippingAddress: {
        street: input.shipping_address.address1,
        city: input.shipping_address.city,
        state: input.shipping_address.province,
        zip: input.shipping_address.zip
      },
      items: input.line_items.map(item => ({
        sku: item.sku,
        quantity: item.quantity,
        price: parseFloat(item.price)
      }))
    }
  }
  
  // Send to warehouse management
  action deposco.createOrder {
    input: transform.processOrder
    config: {
      apiKey: env.DEPOSCO_API_KEY,
      endpoint: "https://api.deposco.com/v2/orders"
    }
  }
  
  // Send confirmation email
  action email.send {
    to: transform.processOrder.customerEmail,
    template: "order-confirmation",
    data: transform.processOrder
  }
}

That's it. No servers to manage, no complex deployments, no authentication headaches.

Why HandledScript Matters

Simplicity: Write readable scripts instead of building entire applications Modularity: Mix and match integrations as your business needs change
Reliability: Built-in error handling and retry logic Speed: Go from idea to working automation in minutes, not weeks Cost-effective: No need to hire teams or spin up infrastructure

My Background and Vision

Having spent years at Shopify working on platform integrations, I saw how much time developers waste on repetitive integration work. The e-commerce ecosystem is incredibly fragmented, and every business ends up rebuilding the same connection patterns over and over.

HandledScript represents our vision for a world where e-commerce automation is accessible to any business, regardless of their technical resources. We're not just building another integration platform – we're creating a new way to think about commerce automation entirely.

What's Next

Over the coming weeks, I'll be sharing more about:

• Deep-dive tutorials on HandledScript syntax and patterns
• Real-world examples from businesses already using HandledScript
• Integration spotlights covering major e-commerce platforms
• Best practices for building maintainable automation workflows

The future of e-commerce is automated, and with HandledScript, that future is accessible to everyone.

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Ready to get started? Check out our Getting Started guide or explore our integration examples.

Questions? Reach out to me on LinkedIn or join our Discord community.