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Image: reddit.com · Shopify CEO Uses Claude AI to Build Custom MRI Viewer from USB Data

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A web MRI viewer built from the data on a USB stick

Shopify's CEO ran Claude over the files on an MRI USB stick and had it build an impromptu web-based viewer instead of using the bundled software.

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  • Reddit poster obvithrowaway34434 Source ↗
  • Reddit poster NoParsleyForYou Source ↗

Earliest dated source: 12 Jan 2026

The full story

Shopify's CEO pointed Claude at the data on a USB stick from an MRI scan and had it build an impromptu web-based viewer for the images. The Reddit poster shared it from his post on X, framing it as a sign that expensive, bloated niche software can now be replaced.

The Reddit posts give no further technical detail, so how well the viewer works is not shown here.

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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.

  • Reddit: Shopify CEO Uses Claude AI to Build Custom MRI Viewer from USB DataForum threadreddit.com
    Reddit poster: obvithrowaway34434Posted 12 Jan 2026

    The post on r/ClaudeAI.

    If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Shopify CEO Uses Claude AI to Build Custom MRI Viewer from USB Data (opens in a new tab)

  • A linked post: x.comSocial postx.com

    Linked in the post.

  • Reddit: Shopify CEO runs Claude on an MRI USB stick to build an impromptu web-based viewer.Forum threadreddit.com
    Reddit poster: NoParsleyForYouPosted 13 Jan 2026

    A second r/ClaudeAI post about it.

    If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Shopify CEO runs Claude on an MRI USB stick to build an impromptu web-based viewer. (opens in a new tab)

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