Reviewers consistently say Gadget cuts setup and DevOps work, letting them focus on building features instead of boilerplate, infrastructure, auth, hosting, and Shopify plumbing. The strongest pattern comes from agencies and app builders using it for Shopify apps, integrations, demos, and client work, where they report moving from days or weeks to hours. Many also praise the AI assistant for onboarding new developers, debugging, handling integrations, and speeding MVPs. Support, stability, and frequent updates are also recurring positives; no substantive drawbacks appear in the reviews.