Dexa/The Hard Part

Published May 6, 2025

Farhan Thawar from Shopify

Farhan Thawar, VP and Head of Engineering at Shopify, reveals how an innovative culture fuels success at Xtreme Labs and Shopify, discussing AI's transformative impact on engineering and unique strategies like the Delete Code Club to enhance efficiency and innovation.

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- Tell me something about artificial intelligence
  Asked by 129 people
- What are some of the amazing things that AI can do?
  Asked by 113 people
- What role can AI play in various fields?
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- What have been the recent conversations about AI code writing agents, particularly in the context of the episode "Supercharging Developer Productivity with ChatGPT and Claude with Simon Willison - 701" and the clip "Visual Prompting Challenges"?
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- What have been the recent conversations about AI code writing agents, particularly in the context of the episode Supercharging Developer Productivity with ChatGPT and Claude with Simon Willison - 701 and the clip Visual Prompting Challenges?
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- How will AI change software development?
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- What do you think about artificial intelligence?
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- How will AI change software?
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- How to hire great people
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- What do you think about AI?
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- How are generative AI use cases evolving for code and developer productivity in the episode Supercharging Developer Productivity with ChatGPT and Claude with Simon Willison - 701 and the clip Daily AI Tools?
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- How is AI used in tech companies?
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- What can you do as an AI?
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- How will AI affect software engineering as a career?
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- How did the experience change their startup?
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