As someone who has built a company around working closely with the Shopify platform, I'm very happy Shopify is taking these initiatives. I like that Shopify is

As someone who has built a company around working closely with the Shopify platform, I'm very happy Shopify is taking these initiatives. I like that Shopify isn't your typical Silicon Valley tech company. But coming from a background as a tech and security consultant for Fortune 500 companies, Shopify does feel like I'm back in the tech little leagues sometimes. And this is an unfair image association problem Shopify has. Their tech is quite amazing and a lot of very brilliant people work there. It’s great to see Xal, the CEO of a publicly traded company with a close to $4bn market cap, this active on HN. I’ve always considered him one of the most brilliant engineers of our generation ever since the Active Merchant days. To me these programs and the way they are being shared on HN really help bringing his company the credit it deserves.