Farhan Thawar

Shopify's head of engineering, Farhan Thawar, says the company's high-intensity engineering culture is about getting more done per hour, not working more hours, achieved by reducing meetings, time-box…

Despite a broader tech backlash against 'tokenmaxxing'—spending excessively on AI compute—some companies are doubling down on premium frontier models. Shopify requires engineers to use only top-tier m…

Shopify's head of engineering Farhan Thawar confirmed the company scrapped its internal AI token leaderboard after employees engaged in 'tokenmaxxing'—burning tokens to climb rankings rather than for …