What is Start Faster?
Start Faster is a suite of tools for building an online shop. It includes a custom storefront for your Shopify catalog, a CMS for creating site content, and an admin portal for managing user permissions.
The project is open source and MIT licensed, feel free to check it out on GitHub. If you have any questions I'm happy to answer them, feel free to message me on Twitter.
What is the stack?
Why use your own site in front of Shopify? Why not just use the site Shopify provides for you?
Shopify is an excellent product. They have built an incredible set of tools that allow you to get your shop up and selling in no time. While problems like order management and payment processing are difficult to solve, and I don't think it makes sense to re-invent the wheel, I do think there is still merit to building your own custom storefront. Having full control over your site allows you to deliver the exact user experience you want your customers to have.
If you want to learn more, check out this blog post.