The shareability gap — Quick by Shopify & the internal artifact platform landscape
2026-06-12 · Close read of Shopify's Quick (53,069 internal sites in 11 months on one $200 VM): architecture, capability APIs, the four decisions that made it work, and the growth inflection when agents got good. Plus a scan of the open-source and vendor landscape (Smallweb, Val Town, Netlify Drop, tiiny.host, surge.sh, Coolify, Vercel preview comments, AI artifact surfaces) on a publish-friction × audience-trust map, the honest Quick ↔ html-previews capability comparison, and the 8-step roadmap in dependency order. Draft for discussion.