Dealify
An AI shopkeeper for Shopify, with deterministic TypeScript pricing, a React merchant Console, and a Gym that rehearses policies with 300 seeded synthetic shoppers.
+ SOFTWARE DEVELOPER & COMMUNITY BUILDERTORONTO, CA 43.6532° N
RITVIKGOYAL
Software, hackathons,
and a few
side quests.
I build software and bring people together.
Developer at Shopify. Student at York.
CURRENTLY BUILDING & LEARNING
Shopify × York University
Dev Degree · Digital TechnologiesExperience & educationA THREAD THROUGH EVERYTHING
Curiosity becomes possibility.
THE THREAD SO FAR
Here’s what that looks like.Toronto→Shopify × York→whatever comes next
02 / SELECTED WORKIDEAS BUILT. BOUNDARIES PUSHED.
Curiosity,
put to work.
From an everyday frustration
to something worth opening.Four projects. Four different rabbit holes.
THE PROJECT
SELECTED PROJECT
2026TypeScript↔ShopifyINTERFACE PREVIEW ↗
2026TypeScript↔ShopifyINTERFACE PREVIEW ↗
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Dealify
A shopkeeper that can talk. Rules you can trust.
WINNERHack the North 2026 · Shopify: Hack Shopping with AIAn AI shopkeeper for Shopify, with deterministic TypeScript pricing, a React merchant Console, and a Gym that rehearses policies with 300 seeded synthetic shoppers.
TypeScriptShopifyReactNode.js
SMALL SCREEN. BIG POSSIBILITIES.mapSTEM
Explore on the App Store Connecting students with their next STEM opportunity.
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Panther Press
A school newsroom made for the people behind the stories, with a publishing system that keeps new voices coming.
+ 03 / A HUMAN, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSEFOLLOW THE THREAD
More than
the commit history.
CHAPTER 01
The first lines. The first win.
I learned Python and web development, built my first website and a Pygame game, and won a TCS goIT monthly competition.
Follow this part of the storyCHAPTER 02
Code leaves the classroom.
I started learning React, joined STEM·E for my first software development internship, and built at my first hackathon, AmberHacks.
Follow this part of the storyCHAPTER 03
Solving problems. Sharing the curiosity.
I competed in CCC, CALICO, M(IT)^2 and SLCC, and joined my second hackathon, IgnitionHacks. Summer meant guiding hands-on activities at STEM Camp; December brought a CALICO bronze.
Follow this part of the storyCHAPTER 04
From showing up to bringing people together.
I helped lead Scrapyard Toronto, a Hack Club hackathon where students came together to turn scrappy, creative ideas into projects.
Follow this part of the storyCHAPTER 05
Learning by building. At Shopify.
I’m studying Digital Technologies at York through Shopify’s Dev Degree while building at Shopify. At Hack the North, our team’s Dealify won the 2026 Shopify: Hack Shopping with AI category.
Follow this part of the story01 / HOME BASEToronto, Ontario02 / BEYOND THE SCREENSTEM Camp counselor · Summer 202403 / COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMINGCALICO bronze · December 202404 / THE NEXT FOUR YEARSYork University · 2026–2030
A FEW TOOLS. ENDLESS COMBINATIONS.
01TypeScript02React03Python04React Native05Node.js06Firebase
+ 04 / THIS IS WHERE YOU COME INAN OPEN INVITATION
What ifwe built it?
A team I could learn from. A problem worth solving.
An idea that won’t leave you alone.
I’d like to hear about it.