Maxime Vaillancourt
Shopify engineer who worked on the massive storefront rewrite.
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Oct 16, 2020 • 1h 9min
Shopify’s massive storefront rewrite (Interview)
Maxime Vaillancourt, a Shopify engineer, discusses the intricacies of their ambitious storefront rewrite from a Ruby on Rails monolith to a new Ruby-based implementation. He shares insights on maintaining feature parity, optimizing performance, and the challenges of ensuring API consistency during the overhaul. Maxime emphasizes the strategic importance of a modular approach and collaboration within the team, addressing the emotional dynamics and risk management required for such transformative projects.
