Episode · Cheeky Pint · 2025-10-06
Books mentioned on Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins John Collison to discuss the philosophies driving one of the internet’s most foundational companies.
John Collison discussed Design Patterns by Erich Gamma and others and Fragile by Design by Charles W. Calomiris and others. Tobi Lütke recommended Cable Cowboy by Mark Robichaux.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Design Patterns
Discussed“VS Code is Erich Gamma's fourth editor, right? It's like he spent his entire life making these things. That's craftsmanship. Yeah, it's like he wrote the "Design Patterns" book that many of us read at some point literally about programming text editors, right?”
Where to get it
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Fragile by Design
Discussed“Did we recommend the Calomiris book to you? "Fragile by Design," which is a history of various countries' banking systems. I'm literally just reading it. Oh, you are? That's so— And the Canada chapter is particularly good.”
Where to get it
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Cable Cowboy
Cable Cowboy by Mark Robichaux is a biographical account detailing the life and career of industry titan John Malone and his monumental impact on the telecommunications and cable television landscape.
Recommended“Like, I mean, "Cable Cowboy" is already one of the best. It was a great book. It's such a great book, and then, like—”
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