# Sidekick's Improved Streaming Experience

DevFeed: [Sidekick's Improved Streaming Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sidekick-s-improved-streaming-experience-1618.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/sidekicks-improved-streaming>)

Author: Ates Goral

Published: 2023-08-01T20:08:07Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [event](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes a streaming approach for LLM chatbots that buffers ambiguous Markdown and multiplexes asynchronous content updates to reduce rendering jank and perceived response delays.

## Source excerpt

In this post, learn how Shopify's Sidekick solves markdown rendering jank and response delay in LLM chatbots with buffering parser and async content resolution.