How We Built Oxygen: Hydrogen’s Counterpart for Hosting Custom Storefronts - Shopify

This post details the technical choices and experiences that led to the development of Oxygen, Hydrogen's counterpart for hosting custom storefronts. It highlights the integration of third-party services like GitHub Actions and Cloudflare Workers with Shopify's internal services (CDN, Admin API, Identity). Key technical decisions include leveraging Cloudflare's worker infrastructure for edge distribution and dynamic dispatch, and adopting Grafana, Cortex, Loki, and Tempo for observability. The post also discusses the partnership with Cloudflare and the formation of WinterCG to standardize serverless runtimes.