Explore Shopify's journey in building Merlin, their new machine learning platform, in this 48-minute conference talk from MLOps World. Dive into the process, architecture, and impact of Merlin on scaling ML work at Shopify. Learn about the open-source stack and tooling used end-to-end, including Ray for distributed computing. Discover the platform's goals, timeline, and early vision. Gain insights into Merlin's architecture, API, workspaces, and user workflow. Understand the challenges of building and maintaining such a platform, including migration considerations. Follow along as Isaac Vidas, Machine Learning Platform Tech Lead at Shopify, shares valuable lessons and acknowledges the team's efforts in this comprehensive case study.