Tobi Lütke
Co-founder and CEO of Shopify, prominent technology entrepreneur with a sustained focus on the application of AI technologies in software engineering and product development.
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Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke said: "Checkout is incredibly hard to get right. It's the kind of software that genuinely takes 20 years to hone." Shopify invites developers to freely take components from its checkout system.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke publicly stated on social media that he is considering banning Claude Code internally at the company, unless Anthropic is willing to read AGENTS.md files.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke referred to context engineering as "the new hotness" in early 2025.
The concept of Context Engineering was popularized in 2025 by Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke and others, with the core idea that the quality of AI applications depends on how context is constructed and managed for the model.
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Context Engineering is a concept that rapidly gained popularity in the AI development community in the first half of 2025, promoted by Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke and others in public discussions.
80%UnverifiedShopify CEO Tobi Lütke said: "Checkout is incredibly hard to get right. It's the kind of software that genuinely takes 20 years to hone." Shopify invites developers to freely take components from its checkout system.
50%UnverifiedShopify CEO Tobi Lütke referred to context engineering as "the new hotness" in early 2025.
50%UnverifiedThe concept of Context Engineering was popularized in 2025 by Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke and others, with the core idea that the quality of AI applications depends on how context is constructed and managed for the model.
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