Former intelligence agency employee (agency not named on Parrish's page). Author of a New York Times bestseller; runs the Farnam Street newsletter (over 900,000 readers, per Parrish's page); co-created The Great Mental Models; started the investment company Syrus Partners.
Why their word counts: Independent interviewer with a large business podcast who reports what the guest said; Parrish's page states no financial interest in Shopify.
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“ it’s probably up to about 50% of pull requests in Shopify, which again, pull requests, every time you change your production system, you write a pull request, are created now not by engineers doing engineering work in the traditional sense” Tobi Lütke Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · Executive ,
Interview: The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , September 10, 2026. Reported by Shane Parrish .
[ Grade C ] Said in the last year Shopify: $11.6 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page
“ Inside of Shopify, the amount of people I know who really write code is vanishingly small now.” Tobi Lütke Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · Executive ,
Interview: The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , September 10, 2026. Reported by Shane Parrish .
[ Grade C ] Said in the last year Shopify: $11.6 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page
“ So periodically at night or in off hours, we give River, “Here’s all the conversations you’ve had today. What went well? What did you struggle with?” Tobi Lütke Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · Executive ,
Interview: The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , September 10, 2026. Reported by Shane Parrish .
[ Grade C ] Said in the last year Shopify: $11.6 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page
“ Very often 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 instances of them all through either subagents or just different windows coordinating.” Tobi Lütke Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · Executive ,
Interview: The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , September 10, 2026. Reported by Shane Parrish .
[ Grade C ] Said in the last year Shopify: $11.6 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page
“ You just tell the AI to go nuts. It makes a pull request. You just say, “Yep, that’s good.” You don’t really read it, and now it has to be reviewed by your colleagues.” Tobi Lütke Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · Executive ,
Interview: The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , The Knowledge Project (podcast by Shane Parrish of Farnam Street, independent), transcript on fs.blog , September 10, 2026. Reported by Shane Parrish .
[ Grade C ] Said in the last year Shopify: $11.6 billion revenue, FY2025 Passage page
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