Episode 5: The complex pixels of commerce (with Shopify's Farhan Thawar)

In Episode 5, we move from pixels and intelligence into the moment money changes hands, following the full flow from landing on a storefront through everything that happens after you decide to buy. With my friend, Shopify’s Head of Engineering, Farhan Thawar, we trace the path from storefront to cart to checkout, unpacking how APIs, payments, fraud systems, and global infrastructure turn a simple tap into a confirmed order. From there, we step into the physical world of fulfillment, where inventory, warehouses, and logistics take over to move a package toward your door. Along the way, we connect it all back to AI and how these systems are starting to act on your behalf, pushing commerce toward a more automated future.