Creating Locale-aware Number and Currency Condensing - Shopify

This post details the development of the `condense-number` npm package, a solution for locale-aware number and currency condensing. It explains the limitations of existing JavaScript solutions and the decision to leverage Unicode CLDR data and Intl.js. The post highlights the process of combining this data to create functions that abbreviate numbers and currencies according to locale, addressing the need for multilingual support in Shopify's admin interfaces like Shopify Home and Analytics. The open-sourcing of this library is also noted.