James Lee

Geek, developer, lover of all things efficient

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

Every year, @shopify builds the Live Globe. It’s an interactive view of shopping happening in real-time around the world on Shopify over Black Friday weekend. It really is the place to go and watch the biggest shopping weekend of the year LIVE. It is an engineering feat and one of my favourite things we build every year.

New fun features this year:
- VR mode - you can view this thing in VR
- Synthesizer - actually listen to the BFCM globe live
- Change TV channels [and decode a secret msg]
- Turn gravity on/off
- Nerdy stats
- Shoppy
And other easter eggs.

Watch the world shop live 🌐👇
https://t.co/lbTLbkhT14

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

$9.3 billion in sales by @Shopify merchants over Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend. That broke the 2022 record of $7.5 billion by 24%.

61 million consumers bought from Shopify-powered brands.

There was a 60% increase in YoY sales made by Shop Pay

17,500+ entrepreneurs made their first sale this weekend on Shopify

55,000+ merchants had their highest-selling day EVER on Shopify

It's clear to me: Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend is a global commerce season that belongs to @Shopify merchants.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

Today we celebrate entrepreneurs everywhere in style. Online and on @SphereVegas 🤩

[Farhan Thawar @fnthawar]

Let’s do this 👊🏽

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[cm @cmcalgary]

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[EventsInCgy @EventsInCgy]

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[James Lee @leedangerous]

@tenderlove Mentally, no

[James Lee @leedangerous]

@getajobmike Thank you! Easiest purchasing decision ever!

[James Lee @leedangerous]

@ShopifyEng The problem is more likely in your code than in the framework/language/db/lib you’re working in

[James Lee @leedangerous]

Tough one today!

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[James Lee @leedangerous]

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[James Lee @leedangerous]

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[James Lee @leedangerous]

@colinbendell @jmwind Judging by the relatively untracked powder, maybe he meant waist?

[Marian Liu 柳家明 @marianliu]

I've always been ashamed of my Chinese name, but after covering anti-Asian attacks and representing my community, it's time to be proud of who I am. New year, new byline https://t.co/Yw9zKWSKiw #VeryAsian

[James Lee @leedangerous]

@jlengstorf

[Jean-Michel Lemieux @jmwind]

Another common question I’m answering working with scaling tech companies is…

Q. How much of your r&d spend should be focused on platform work?

A. 50%, and most teams are way off what it should be. Let me explain…🧵 (1/21)

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Absolutely brilliant work by @SethMacFarlane and the Family Guy team.

If people still don’t know how vaccines work after this, then I really don’t know what to tell you.

[James Lee @leedangerous]

Sooo… a lack of planning on your part _does_ constitute an emergency on my part?

[James Lee @leedangerous]

@smsohan @ShopifyEng @Shopify Still very new here, but it largely depends on what's needed. eg, there's no mandate to use React where erb would suffice

[James Lee @leedangerous]

It brings me so much joy to hear my CEO talk about how amazing and productive Rails is @ShopifyEng @Shopify