The first ones were a bunch of divs over a png of the world, then canvas with SVG arcs, now webgl. It's a ridiculously busy time at Shopify each year and an event we take very seriously to get right.
Yay it's Black Friday / Cyber Monday! lets keep shopping!
> HN Crowd
Oooh another lava lamp, look at all those live payments! That's cool!
> Tinfoilers
Is it me or is it scary that Shopify can see my live payments in real time?
> Me
Meh. It's a Friday, I'm going to party tonight.
It's way more relaxing to not bother with going shopping. There are plenty of good deals throughout the rest of the year, so why fight traffic and crowds to shop on one specific weekend?
Singles Day is the worlds busiest shopping day.
I feel like it is likely the "corporate" end is the HQ in America. But then we're using these lines to calculate shipping distances.
Or, IDK, maybe everything is already in a warehouse on the mainland.
https://america.cgtn.com/2019/11/29/black-friday-how-us-reta...
- 50% off things should not buy
- 10-15% off things you cannot afford.
Ali's 11/11 in 2019 seemed to be more affordable.