Farhan Thawar
@fnthawar
FOLLOWS YOU. VP & Head of Eng @Shopify - Helpful (Acquired), Pivotal, Xtreme (Acquired), Microsoft, Trilogy, Waterloo. Everything you know is wrong! 🇨🇦/acc
I'm seeing a concerning trend in talking to CTOs/CEOs about the cost of tokens i.e. Can I afford an extra $1-10k/month per engineer as they use @cursor_ai / @windsurf_ai / @GitHubCopilot etc? So they clamp down on spending 😬 1. Do not use the default / cheapest models. Yes…
🇬🇧 The recent capital gains tax increase in the UK was expected to bring additional tax revenue. Instead, high-net-worth individuals and families are leaving the country leading to an 18% fall in net capital gains tax revenue. A £2.7b loss. Welcome to the Laffer curve, suckers.
The world isn’t zero sum The best tool humans ever invented for causing human thriving is markets We need more billionaires not fewer
You asked for it. We made it happen. Builder S̶u̶n̶d̶a̶y̶s̶ Wednesdays are coming to NYC on July 30. If you’re a builder in the city, this is for you. events.shopifyny.com/shopifybuilder
🎉 `shopify theme init` will now create @Cursor_ai rules or @Code custom instructions for Liquid development! These apply our learnings from AI block generation and Horizon. Full rules below in case you want to copy-paste them into an existing theme 👇
This is a great thought piece from @build_canada. We need to leverage Canadian private sector expertise and innovation to rise to the challenges and opportunities facing our country. 1/2 buildcanada.com/en/memos/deplo…
🚨Major Announcement🚨 We’re making it easier than ever for Shopify store owners to track every step of their #ecommerce funnel, starting today with Clarity’s newest integration with @Shopify! 🛍️ From tracking every step of the customer journey, to tracking critical checkout and…
Very funny to use Chris Martn’s ex in this
Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.
The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology — Edward O Wilson
Shopify’s Storefront web components continues to be highly underrated for the kinds of commerce experiences it unlocks. It’s effectively forward deployed commerce.
The reason Canadians feel like they have less and less money to pay for their lives is because they have less and less money to pay for their lives.
Whatever you think of @realDonaldTrump, every country should do this including 🇨🇦 “For every 1 regulation we introduce, you must delete 10 other regulations”
“Europe is so scared of the potential downsides of AI that they forget about the potential upsides” @JDVance
In computatro carnis fidimus In the computer of flesh we trust
Be among the best. Pretend you're not. Work harder than everyone else — @ShaneAParrish
I believe that defeat is life’s way of nudging you and letting you know you’re off course. There’s always some sort of hidden opportunity or lesson in each episode—a chance to build your character. Spanx wouldn’t exist if I had aced the LSAT — Sara Blakely, Founder of @spanx
Since nobody asked :-), here is my list of papers not to be missed from ICML: 1) Dion: distributed orthonormalized updates (well, technically not at ICML, but everyone's talking about it). 2) MARS: Unleashing the Power of Variance Reduction for Training Large Models 3) ...
18-year-olds now act like 15-year-olds used to, and 13-year-olds like 10-year-olds. Teens are physically safer than ever, yet they are more mentally vulnerable — @glukianoff @JonHaidt The Coddling of the American Mind