Shopify's Live Globe: Building a Black Friday Experience
Description
This podcast details the creation of Shopify's interactive Black Friday/Cyber Monday live dashboard, nicknamed "Live Globe". The 2024 version, built by a six-person team in two months, features a spaceship-themed interface showcasing real-time sales data and boasts impressive technical specifications, including peak loads of nearly 30 million database reads per second. The design process involved extensive prototyping and the use of AI-generated imagery for inspiration. The podcast also highlights the technology stack (React Three Fiber, Go, Rails, Kafka, and Flink), the inclusion of numerous Easter eggs, and the challenges of performance optimisation and real-time data streaming. Finally, it explores the project's unique approach to ROI, prioritising fun and innovation.
United States
