@karrisaarinen Avatar @karrisaarinen Karri Saarinen

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Social Influence

Social category influence technology brands 10.53% finance 9.65% stocks 7.89% exchanges 2.63% countries 1.75% social networks 1.75% gaming 0.88% cryptocurrencies 0.88%

Social topic influence ai 10.53%, company 10.53%, build 9.65%, if you 7.89%, in the 4.39%, this is 4.39%, growth 4.39%, future 3.51%, share 3.51%, culture 3.51%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @linear @fern @linearapp @artman @rsms @openai @sequoia @jorilallo @jaykeleher56608 @embirico @grok @anothercohen @stephzhan @browsercompany @cron @accel @01advisors @patrickc @ericries @cartainc

Top assets mentioned Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) Spotify Technology (SPOT)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Whenever a new design to code tool comes around people get excited. Its considered the holy grail of design. You can now design with code. This is the final evolution. But I dont agree. Its only the holy grail if you value output higher than the process of design. Whenever a designer becomes more of a builder some idealism and creativity dies. Not because building is bad but because you start out including constraints earlier in the process than they should. Im one that very much thinks design is ultimately what is shipped. But before it shipped there is a lot of stages that dont benefit from"
X Link 2025-12-12T07:34Z 74.1K followers, 239.1K engagements

"Congrats on the launch @OpenAI and @embirico Also great to see @linear available from day one. Introducing the Codex appa powerful command center for building with agents. Now available on macOS. https://t.co/HW05s2C9Nr Introducing the Codex appa powerful command center for building with agents. Now available on macOS. https://t.co/HW05s2C9Nr"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:45Z 74K followers, 32.1K engagements

"AGI achieved internally @linear"
X Link 2026-02-03T17:35Z 74.1K followers, 64.6K engagements

"What it feels like to run a software company in the AI era"
X Link 2026-02-08T22:39Z 74.1K followers, 35.6K engagements

"@fern @linear Coinbase is on why no Robinhood :)"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:51Z 74.1K followers, [---] engagements

"@grok is linear good for companies over [--] people"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:47Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Yesterday @linear turned 6: - Team: [--] - 10K+ companies are planning and building with Linear - Enterprise ARR grew 2000% + first Fortune [---] customer signed - Net Revenue Retention 140%+ - Net operating income grew by over 1400% (life negative burn & profitability continues) @linear hit [--] years this month. Starting [----] with: - Team: [--] (100% remote in [--] countries) - Linear runs product org for tens of thousands of companies from startups to public companies - 66% of Forbes top [--] AI companies use Linear - $52M raised in total still profitable @linear hit [--] years this month. Starting 2024"
X Link 2025-01-17T18:00Z 74.2K followers, 236K engagements

"For early-stage startups viral marketing is often a mistake. The same goes for heavy paid marketing. You might get a lot of views but not the right ones. What usually happens is that you miss the true early adopters the people who would actually love your still-in-progress product. Instead you attract people who discovered you through hype try the product out of curiosity dont find it ready yet and leave. Your retention tanks you get demoralized and you might even pivot for the wrong reasons. I think chasing fastest to X ARR or similar milestones is the wrong goal. Your aim isnt to hit the"
X Link 2025-11-03T22:33Z 74.2K followers, 148.3K engagements

"http://x.com/i/article/1999730279779356672 http://x.com/i/article/1999730279779356672"
X Link 2025-12-13T06:39Z 74.2K followers, 538.4K engagements

"Craft chocolate and Linear. Really happy how this @linear customer story came together. DETAILS MATTER (2026) A short film on Dandelion Chocolate and scaling craft. https://t.co/WA6SjF7RVS DETAILS MATTER (2026) A short film on Dandelion Chocolate and scaling craft. https://t.co/WA6SjF7RVS"
X Link 2026-01-28T18:13Z 74.2K followers, 23.2K engagements

"Every now and then I read some analyst report claiming @linear struggles past [--] people. Not sure where they get that line because it hasnt been true for [--] years. Meanwhile larger and larger companies are actively seeking us out and moving from Jira/whatever system to Linear. These companies see us a springboard for the future and better suited to support agents MCP and other ai future workflows. High-performance engineering orgs at Coinbase Block Klaviyo Oscar Upwork Scout24 and a few Fortune 20s we cant name yet have made the switch. Not just adopted tool but actually ripped everything out"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:05Z 74.2K followers, 28.4K engagements

"SF Presidio"
X Link 2026-02-14T07:44Z 74.2K followers, 37.2K engagements

"The new Linear home for the agentic era. New era same craft. R https://t.co/9GmmJu1zVW R https://t.co/9GmmJu1zVW"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:18Z 74.2K followers, 61.8K engagements

"The more I see companies talk about coding with agents and designing in code the worse their UX seems to be. Users dont care how it was built or how fast it was built. They just want it to work well. So walk the walk and make something great"
X Link 2026-02-16T09:41Z 74.2K followers, 51K engagements

"Depends on the product but I still believe you need ui for humans as presentation/exploration/shared truth layer. Lot daily workflows might be agent in and agent out but in the middle you might need to present information visually or have a shared truth. For example if you have a product roadmap and it has stack ranking teams states etc other information. You have to maintain and have a shared truth representation somewhere. Agents can be prompted in many ways so while sometimes the personal agentic response is useful it could also turn chaotic in an organization if everyone has their own"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:09Z 74.2K followers, [---] engagements

"@anothercohen Movie studios are cooked Not sure why the whole AI discourse is now about someone/something getting cooked vs well actually get something new and wonderful"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:33Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"What I hear when founders talk about [---] and SepDec lock-in"
X Link 2025-09-12T19:17Z 74.2K followers, 102.3K engagements

"Quality first. People should have a life outside of work. Place to enjoy life develop their tastes gather inspiration. When you feel better your work is better. It naturally bleeds into what you make. https://www.fastcompany.com/91445544/the-1-25-billion-ai-startup-that-rejects-hustle-culturemvgt=hxpK2EYDEAPj https://www.fastcompany.com/91445544/the-1-25-billion-ai-startup-that-rejects-hustle-culturemvgt=hxpK2EYDEAPj"
X Link 2025-11-21T19:24Z 74.2K followers, 383.6K engagements

"I think the center of software work is moving. The middle of software work has been the most important part for a long time. You started with an idea and eventually you shipped something but almost http://x.com/i/article/2007529107081347072 http://x.com/i/article/2007529107081347072"
X Link 2026-01-03T19:27Z 74.2K followers, 1.6M engagements

"This billboard location is 👌 (Sf highway [---] north just before Bernal) @linear"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:19Z 74.2K followers, 44K engagements

"If this is because of AI Im here for it. If it finally means passionate individuals and teams can feasibly build great things they love instead of fighting budgets and studio heads. A new expansion pack for Age of Empires [--] a week after we got a new class for Diablo [--]. WHAT YEAR IS IT https://t.co/gBslC9T2IQ A new expansion pack for Age of Empires [--] a week after we got a new class for Diablo [--]. WHAT YEAR IS IT https://t.co/gBslC9T2IQ"
X Link 2026-02-17T06:35Z 74.2K followers, 16.5K engagements

"1/ For anyone considering leaving SF here is my story: After living [--] years in SF 6months ago finally moved out to San Diego close to Encinitas"
X Link 2020-05-12T21:42Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"1/ Happy to announce that today Linear is open for all. No waitlist anyone can sign up for free. Our announcement: Sign up today at: http://linear.app https://medium.com/linear-app/practices-for-building-linear-is-now-open-for-all-234f7cf9a3d0 http://linear.app https://medium.com/linear-app/practices-for-building-linear-is-now-open-for-all-234f7cf9a3d0"
X Link 2020-06-30T16:49Z 74.2K followers, [---] engagements

"The benefits of remote working: Been working here the past week. Our summer cottage in Finland by the Baltic Sea surrounded by nature birds and berries"
X Link 2020-10-12T18:26Z 74.2K followers, [---] engagements

"1/ Excited to share @linear_app raised $13M in Series A funding led by @Sequoia & @stephzhan. We are also announcing slew of new product updates aimed at re-envisioning the principles and practices of building software https://medium.com/linear-app/linear-raises-13m-in-series-a-funding-from-sequoia-capital-daa0f0c43758 https://medium.com/linear-app/linear-raises-13m-in-series-a-funding-from-sequoia-capital-daa0f0c43758"
X Link 2020-12-08T17:41Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"At @linear_app we dont write user stories. Theyre unnecessary and slow down the team. I also always found them very weird to write and read. Its like the tasks are in ancient Greek instead of English that everyone can understand. Wonder if other people felt this way More👇"
X Link 2021-02-08T22:41Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"On this day [--] years ago January 10th @linear was incorporated by @jorilallo @artman and me. Today: - The team is [--] people - Linear runs product for 1000+ startups - 1st profitable month in Jun [----] - Jan [----] is already having the highest MRR weekly growth to date 🔥"
X Link 2022-01-10T21:56Z 74.2K followers, [---] engagements

"If you have been affected by the ongoing Jira outage we at @linear can help. Your team can use any of our paid plans at no cost until the end of the year. Email or DM me and well get you set up - ks@linear.app"
X Link 2022-04-11T17:46Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Been designing the last few weeks and realized how simple but effective the @linear design system is. There is no design system team no councils no meetings about what we should call it or if its atomic" or not. We have a system which has colors type icons and components"
X Link 2022-08-27T20:34Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Ive seen a lot of takes on the Figma Adobe deal in past week and think most VCs/finance folks misses the point since they dont really understand the market or tools Adobe and Figma makes. Figma is not a Photoshop killer and Figma didn't put "Photoshop in the cloud""
X Link 2022-09-20T22:34Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Is it just me or has mobile app design gone downhill Finding really hard to find apps that are delightful fast nice details and visuals etc"
X Link 2022-10-20T20:59Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Loved this exchange on HN"
X Link 2022-11-01T04:41Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Linear is not going back or start going to an office. My general advice to founders: Build a company & culture you want and what you think works. Dont follow what top VCs or founders think. Many companies are now panic mode because they followed the VC advice the past years At a dinner with top founders and VCs. Not a single one thinks remote is the future and almost all the founders are back in the office 4-5x a week At a dinner with top founders and VCs. Not a single one thinks remote is the future and almost all the founders are back in the office 4-5x a week"
X Link 2022-12-01T20:54Z 74.2K followers, [---] engagements

"2019 when we got started with Linear most SaaS websites at the time seemed to be these "Corporate Memphis" sites with vague benefit statements and weird colorful illustrations. No screenshots of the product and dark sites were very rare in B2B SaaS"
X Link 2022-12-14T18:04Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Update: @linear is [--] years this week. Entering [----] with: - Team: [--] people - Linear runs product for several thousands of startups & enterprises - Profitable since [----] - Negative lifetime burn (cash in bank is now higher than total raised over Seed+Series A) On this day [--] years ago January 10th @linear was incorporated by @jorilallo @artman and me. Today: - The team is [--] people - Linear runs product for 1000+ startups - 1st profitable month in Jun [----] - Jan [----] is already having the highest MRR weekly growth to date 🔥 https://t.co/CiPYrAqwsm On this day [--] years ago January 10th @linear"
X Link 2023-01-14T22:58Z 74.2K followers, 1M engagements

"Maybe Im wrong with this but feel like generating docs with AI wont be actually a net benefit. 1) I view writing as a form of thinking using AI to write will skip the thinking 2) Docs without thinking might be just garbage and shouldnt to written or read anyway"
X Link 2023-03-02T20:47Z 74.2K followers, 126.8K engagements

"We are entering the next stage. Literal copy paste cmd+f to change words. Not just design. Now it's actual content and our assets. I don't understand who does this and who are people fund these type of companies. (They have raised a $500k seed round)"
X Link 2023-03-07T06:29Z 74.2K followers, 802.9K engagements

"The Spotify app announcement/direction seems like a perfect campaign to boost Apple Music. Ive been on the fence for a long time but this might finally push me over to Apple Music"
X Link 2023-03-08T19:42Z 74.2K followers, 655.8K engagements

"Its crazy to me that past decade or so money was free everyone hired like crazy and big tech barely shipped anything. Now somehow everyone is galvanized competing and Microsoft Google even Adobe are shipping features products and cloning startups on a weekly basis"
X Link 2023-03-22T19:10Z 74.2K followers, 696.7K engagements

"Love that Microsoft is proud about the fact that Teams now only takes [--] seconds to open instead of [--] seconds as before"
X Link 2023-03-27T18:11Z 74.2K followers, 204.4K engagements

"When starting @linear one of ours goal was to inspire the industry to focus more on quality. I was so tired seeing the subpar execution and the data lead approach to building products Happy see this new wave is coming alive with @browsercompany @Cron (+other Linear customers)"
X Link 2023-03-28T17:51Z 74.2K followers, 141.2K engagements

"Today Im thrilled to announce our $35M Series B led by @Accel along with @sequoia @01Advisors and some incredible leaders and product folks. @linear has never been in a better position to help companies to build great software"
X Link 2023-09-14T14:12Z 74.2K followers, 348.5K engagements

"At @linear we optimize for solving customers problems & craft not A/B tests internal frameworks/OKRs. To optimize for craft give the builders control. To solve customer problems well try to make the whole team have customer understanding. Then combine these for the magic"
X Link 2023-09-26T17:35Z 74.2K followers, 787.3K engagements

"Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it. Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that it doesnt work or it wont scale which my response is well have you tried it Have you tried to make it work At @linear all of us founders had this ambition of building a special do things bit differently from the standard playbook. A company we would like to work as a designer engineer or product builder. One of our core values is Quality. All of us founders were always"
X Link 2023-09-27T21:32Z 74.2K followers, 219.5K engagements

"Often founders think brand is a logo or the colors and that its something you can think about later. With @linear we thought about it the brand from the day one. But brand is not a logo colors or the website. Its what you stand for as a company. You then build the brand in peoples minds over time with the actions you take the service you produce and the things you say. At Linear we often ask an ourselves if something we do internally or externally on brand. If its not we wont do it. The visual representation or the name of the company only serves as the anchor what people can associate their"
X Link 2023-09-29T15:16Z 74.2K followers, 113.2K engagements

"To me the fascinating thing is that a lot things work or doesn't work because of the setup or history of the company. It's bit like people would say that jumping out of airplanes doesnt work but then didn't pack a parachute when going up. Couple of things I think worked well for @linear: - Very clear focus on the top customer from day one. Before starting we probably spent a year researching the space problems and refining the ideas. - We ran a 1-year invite private beta to focus getting feedback from the defined customer profile & the companies that could use it as we were building the"
X Link 2023-10-02T18:03Z 74.2K followers, 247.6K engagements

"How we run projects at @linear: [--]. Engineer is often the project lead. We rotate the role [--]. Project lead gets things going and sends the updates [--]. Write project updates after project meeting for the take-aways or decisions which everyone in the company can see and read [--]. Debates around product decisions not technical side is usually sorted out easily [--]. Focus more on milestones than the project timeline. Each project has their own set of milestones [--]. Internal Feature roasts to get live feedback about the feature We are continuing our How Linear uses Linear series with a deep dive on how"
X Link 2023-10-05T19:44Z 74.2K followers, 317.6K engagements

"Quality without a name As companies grow they often have a hard time with quality and usually just give up on it. Main reason is that quality is something which cannot be easily measured or defined. As the companies scale the way they operate or make decisions are based more on measurements. They start flying with the dashboard instead of flying by looking out of the window because the former is easier to do in scale. Christoper Alexander opens his book Timeless Way of Building that in order to build with a timeless way we first need to find the quality without a name. What he is saying is"
X Link 2023-10-06T16:29Z 74.2K followers, 206.5K engagements

"People asking what taste is or is there a framework It's knowing what good looks like. Person who has taste in certain things can find good things create good things and point out how something needs to change to make it good. Jiro from Jiro Dreams of Sushi:"
X Link 2023-10-13T23:16Z 74.2K followers, 292.2K engagements

"@patrickc on Stripe: My intuition is that more of Stripe success than one would think is down to the fact that people like beautiful things and for rational reasons. Because what does a beautiful thing tell you It tells you the person who made it really cared and you can observe some superficial details but probably they didnt only care about those and did everything in else in slapdash way. So if you care about the infrastructure being holistically good indexing on the superficial characteristics is not an irrational thing to do. Couldn't have said better and proud to have Patrick as an"
X Link 2023-10-18T04:44Z 74.2K followers, 167.2K engagements

"Primer on how we design at @linear: The main point is that the design is only a reference never any kind of deliverable itself so the way it's constructed doesn't really matter. [--]. We screenshot the app and design on top of [--]. Simple design system that has mostly colors type and some basic components (rest you can screenshot/recreate) [--]. We have one design file each quarter each person creates a page in it for their projects (easier to see what others are working on) [--]. Naming layers using auto layout components is up to the designer if they want to use them or not [--]. Use prototypes if needed"
X Link 2023-10-19T19:19Z 74.2K followers, 1.2M engagements

"Introducing Linear Asks: Companies are run by 'asks' You need something from another team like design product or infra. You ask since you don't know how the team operates. To streamline we built Asks: Turn any request in to an actionable issue http://linear.app/asks http://linear.app/asks"
X Link 2023-10-25T18:17Z 74.2K followers, 170.5K engagements

"I took a while to respond to this because Erics answers were very good and logical so its hard to refute. I also do respect Eric Ries a lot he has lot of experience with different companies and his book Lean Startup was really influential to me when it first came out. But something bothers me about this whole MVP discussion. Is this all just a distraction Erics answer was basically MVP can be anything you need to validate an idea or the customer demand in the market. Later in the discussion Eric mentions that a brochure can be an MVP. I agree. Sometimes sales material is a good way to"
X Link 2023-11-14T17:49Z 74.2K followers, 232.5K engagements

"Instead of building MVP after MVP build something someone will love. Sam Altman on why you shouldnt track absolute user growth in the early days of a startup Nothing but a great product will save you; you can get everything else right and it still wont work. He points out that almost all startup founders get the following wrong: It is more https://t.co/wrkruBzptE Sam Altman on why you shouldnt track absolute user growth in the early days of a startup Nothing but a great product will save you; you can get everything else right and it still wont work. He points out that almost all startup"
X Link 2023-11-15T17:49Z 74.2K followers, 143K engagements

"RIP Linear Style 2019-2023 BREAKING: US Supreme Court effectively outlaws landing pages that look like Linear. The court which has a 6-3 conservative majority has found that continuing to copy Linear's style is "too trendy" and has deemed the practice unconstitutional. The justices expressed concern https://t.co/GeXs9zyTTl BREAKING: US Supreme Court effectively outlaws landing pages that look like Linear. The court which has a 6-3 conservative majority has found that continuing to copy Linear's style is "too trendy" and has deemed the practice unconstitutional. The justices expressed concern"
X Link 2023-11-30T19:27Z 74.2K followers, 130.7K engagements

"Many told me that work trials won't work or won't scale. Over the last [--] years we hired 50+ people with work trials and with a 96% retention rate. Everyone from engineers to C-level candidates goes through one. The best way for both parties to test if there is a fit. How do you identify the right people to hire At Linear every hire goes through a work trial. In this new post we share the thinking and the mechanics behind them. https://t.co/nchD4sO8cH https://t.co/KVJ1Ys1I7z How do you identify the right people to hire At Linear every hire goes through a work trial. In this new post we share"
X Link 2023-12-13T19:38Z 74.2K followers, 348.6K engagements

"This might be the end of @cartainc as the trusted platform for startups. As a founder it feels kind shitty that Carta who I trust to manage our cap table is now doing cold outreach to our angel investors about selling Linear shares to their buyers"
X Link 2024-01-05T22:26Z 74.2K followers, 2.2M engagements

"Getting back to this now. Was making dinner (American beef stew by Kenji btw) Henry if you insist Im happy to share details or my version of the call. This is why I hate doing these calls because everything becomes I said/you said. First of all I posted this publicly because I suspected there is a broader systematic issue with Carta. A company that is dealing with extreme trust corporate cap table and other private matters should take safe guarding confidential information seriously . Since then Ive learned from multiple companies that this has been going on for months or even years where"
X Link 2024-01-07T02:38Z 74.2K followers, 699.6K engagements

"Im retiring from this fight with Carta now. Ive said all I can say and I didnt have a horse in this race to begin with just wanted some answers as a customer. Let the chips fall where they may"
X Link 2024-01-07T03:26Z 74.2K followers, 358.1K engagements

"Not true. - I have [--] Linear investors now confirming they were contacted with the same solicitation in the past months. I have screenshots. - I have heard from close to [--] companies who had this happen to them. - The issue is not resolved. This blog post or Henry never gave me any concrete answers how they will prevent this in the future. - They also did not answer my request of sharing how many of our investors were affected and how can I stop Carta from doing this in the future How We Handle Captable Information by Henry Ward https://t.co/cWs8yycfaC https://t.co/swmMu43rYP How We Handle"
X Link 2024-01-08T00:35Z 74.2K followers, 669.7K engagements

"I have applaud Carta for a bold move and for recognizing there is conflict of interest with these businesses therefore intentionally or unintentionally will create problems down the line. The only I thing really asked as a founder: keep the data private unless I opt in. Scoop: Carta is exiting the startup stock sale business https://t.co/fq5Jc2KJuG Scoop: Carta is exiting the startup stock sale business https://t.co/fq5Jc2KJuG"
X Link 2024-01-09T02:35Z 74.2K followers, 236.2K engagements

"@linear hit [--] years this month. Starting [----] with: - Team: [--] (100% remote in [--] countries) - Linear runs product org for tens of thousands of companies from startups to public companies - 66% of Forbes top [--] AI companies use Linear - $52M raised in total still profitable with a negative lifetime burn rate - We've spent a total of 0.5% of revenue on marketing - Our sales team consists of [--] people - Several billion-dollar companies are evaluating and setting up Linear this very month Update: @linear is [--] years this week. Entering [----] with: - Team: [--] people - Linear runs product for several"
X Link 2024-01-23T21:39Z 74.2K followers, 371.1K engagements

"my favorite thing about @linear documents: they open instantly (no spinners)"
X Link 2024-02-27T16:13Z 74.2K followers, 682.3K engagements

"Often people attempt to validate ideas with very quick or hasty MVPs and the response is either crickets or lukewarm meh. This doesn't necessarily mean the idea is bad but rather that the execution is not good enough for people to even entertain the idea. For startups with limited resources this means you have to build a great core experience for a specific user group. You narrow the scope build less but something better and different. (* The asterisk here might pertain to AI/LLM categories where technology can enable some interesting and novel use cases providing quick value such that the"
X Link 2024-02-28T23:18Z 74.2K followers, 211.7K engagements

"Minimap for @linear docs"
X Link 2024-03-09T04:29Z 74.2K followers, 70.1K engagements

"Simplicity will be the next theme in product. If you ask any company what made them successful I dont think anyone will say their advanced and complicated planning process got them there"
X Link 2024-03-16T15:23Z 74.2K followers, 149.2K engagements

"Design debt is real. Designers are wanting a redesign but there never seems to be a good time. The reality is that if you make a successful product there needs to be a design reset every 2-3 years. But you need the CEO bought in. Otherwise it won't have a chance of success. A design reset (part ) Design debt is real. https://t.co/6VtgLNNlZu https://t.co/JwjUaKNNDt A design reset (part ) Design debt is real. https://t.co/6VtgLNNlZu https://t.co/JwjUaKNNDt"
X Link 2024-03-27T17:57Z 74.2K followers, 120.3K engagements

"Patrick is articulating something here I always wondered: why do something if you dont do it well. I remember going to the store with my parents to buy my first bike. Id have been generally happy with any of bikes but also felt most of the bikes were just ugly. The functionality was more or less the same but some details and the paint job was bad. I remember thinking then: if you go through all the work of making the bicycle why do you make it ugly. It shouldnt cost more since amount of material you use is the same. Later I realized that most people just dont care. You need someone in the"
X Link 2024-04-01T03:11Z 74.2K followers, 89.7K engagements

"Invites for @linear iOS are starting to roll out"
X Link 2024-04-17T16:22Z 74.2K followers, 52.5K engagements

"What I talked about at Stripe Sessions: Craft and Quality and professional grade software at @linear"
X Link 2024-04-26T21:47Z 74.2K followers, 293.7K engagements

"Craft is the new "growth hack". Investing in craft means you invest in quality of the experience and that benefits in all of areas of the business. People talk about you. People want your product. Sales is easier. You create customer champions. Retention is higher. Patrick Collison on craft https://t.co/KW0wl6xvub Patrick Collison on craft https://t.co/KW0wl6xvub"
X Link 2024-05-28T17:17Z 74.2K followers, 94K engagements

"Tech stack doesn't matter but the user experience does matter. It's [----]. Who are users who prefer their app experience with the full page reloads and jank in every menu ".but local-first is slow to open": Opening up our 5yo @linear workspace with 50k issues"
X Link 2024-06-01T19:49Z 74.2K followers, 173.2K engagements

"Linear headcount by round [----] Seed - [--] founders [----] Series A - [--] [----] Series B - [--] (2024 Today - 57) Aiming to grow as we fast as we have while keeping the headcount growth reasonable"
X Link 2024-06-03T21:55Z 74.2K followers, 344.6K engagements

"The main reason were building @linear this way was that as we looked back our time in working in classic hypergrowth companies like Airbnb Uber & Coinbase and realized: 1) the very best work was always created and created fast by very small teams 2) adding too many people too quickly to the company dilutes the culture and makes the company a mess and often leads to multiple re-orgs in a year. That energy could be spent better by building in a more focused way. Instead of thinking of scaling teams you should be curating teams. Adding changing removing with patience. Some benefits of growing"
X Link 2024-06-06T14:48Z 74.2K followers, 128.4K engagements

"At @linear we just signed an enterprise customer from the Fortune [--]. The dream has always been to support the earliest startups to the largest enterprises of the world. Proud of the team that weve been able to get here this fast"
X Link 2024-08-22T18:17Z 74.2K followers, 52.8K engagements

"Weve built Linear very founder focused way and been trying to avoid the normal scale trappings. No VPs not much management overall small teams founders work directly with ICs and teams choosing our own path instead of playbooks. But its something you need to keep reminding yourself constantly and it can be kind of a lonely path. VCs and everyone out there seems to push you the VP/C-hires and their playbooks and best practices. Founder Mode: https://t.co/3hOnlKOJBi Founder Mode: https://t.co/3hOnlKOJBi"
X Link 2024-09-01T18:45Z 74.2K followers, 107.1K engagements

"With @linear we saw that the only way to provide a great and fast user experience was to build it local first with a sync engine. If your app waits for the server for each interaction it cant never be that fast. Most apps should use a sync engine instead of doing RPC. It's more clear to me now than ever before: This will become the new default for future app development. Gets rid of massive amounts of complexity and empowers frontend developers. @linear is a great example of this. https://t.co/MUBxn0l55N Most apps should use a sync engine instead of doing RPC. It's more clear to me now than"
X Link 2024-09-13T05:25Z 74.2K followers, 127.2K engagements

"the team is cooking landing soon @linear"
X Link 2024-09-17T15:41Z 74.2K followers, 99K engagements

"At @linear weve been doing great product work growing fast & profitably with the lowest employee attrition Ive seen as a remote company. Remote is way of operating not a mode you can flip on or off. You have to design the company around it and hire the people for it"
X Link 2024-09-19T00:59Z 74.2K followers, 100.2K engagements

"After several years it's finally here @linear for iOS and Android. Natively built with Swift and Kotlin. Work of a small dedicated team. This is the v1.0 release we will keep building and want to hear your feedback Introducing Linear Mobile. The compact companion to the Linear system. Ultraportable. Fully native. Built for afk workflows. Now available for everyone: https://t.co/Jh7myeD3eI https://t.co/ePb5AbSx9Z Introducing Linear Mobile. The compact companion to the Linear system. Ultraportable. Fully native. Built for afk workflows. Now available for everyone: https://t.co/Jh7myeD3eI"
X Link 2024-09-19T16:53Z 74.2K followers, 167.4K engagements

"Power of the @linear team product and Triage feature in one image: - customer reports a bug - cx creates an issue from @intercom - triage notifies engineer on call for triage - engineers jump in - fix merged and deployed after 24mins from the report"
X Link 2024-09-20T20:24Z 74.2K followers, 65K engagements

"@NxlAnglo Finland: Sauna Nokia Linux Git SSH SMS IRC (chat) Angry Birds Max Payne Clash of Clans Darude Marimekko Fiskars Mika Hkkinen Molotov cocktail ice skates But yes Swedes have more well known pop culture"
X Link 2024-09-30T05:36Z 74.2K followers, 47.8K engagements

"and then they fight you Utilized by the most successful growth companies all the way to Fortune [--] teamwork is indeed very @linear"
X Link 2024-10-02T16:49Z 74.2K followers, 89.5K engagements

"Probably a host of reasons: - pm/teams make decisions based on a/b testing/data - engineers and designers are not listened or contribute to the product direction - teams are incentivized by y metric go up so vision arguments are not listened - hiring those people who say we launched x y metric went up 2% because quality or vision harder to interview - multiple layers of management and hiring massive teams where any vision there might be gets diluted away - product development process is framework driven/overly complex where mental pm energy goes to running it meetings not focusing on the"
X Link 2024-10-12T17:45Z 74.2K followers, 213.8K engagements

"So what does the inverse look like Start the company with the goal to be the best for something (@linear is the best tool for software teams to plan and build). Each market can only support 1-2 winners so if you are not going to be the best you probably have already lost. @shreyas Probably a host of reasons: - pm/teams make decisions based on a/b testing/data - engineers and designers are not listened or contribute to the product direction - teams are incentivized by y metric go up so vision arguments are not listened - hiring those people who say @shreyas Probably a host of reasons: -"
X Link 2024-10-12T20:35Z 74.2K followers, 175.8K engagements

"We want to build quality. I dont believe it comes from endless death march. So people should have some time off as well. I dont think it has slowed us down probably the opposite (you can look at the changelog the past 5years). Good tech hiring well small teams and not changing the direction every 5mins also helps. Remote advantage is that also focuses people on the output not hanging at the office late or going to motions that dont produce much"
X Link 2024-10-21T04:53Z 74.2K followers, 46.9K engagements

"Got some comments on LinkedIn (yes Im sadly on LinkedIn) after posting Cheskys thoughts about founder mode being essentially micromanagement and whether I would work for a founder like that: I myself worked for Chesky for over [--] years and worked on several projects he was directly involved in and reviewing weekly. My first project was redesigning the Airbnb mobile app where he would come by weekly or multiple times a week. While it was annoying at times I think it ultimately produced better output. From my perspective its great if the CEO or leader cares that much about a project design or"
X Link 2024-10-25T16:47Z 74.2K followers, 148K engagements

"One of the best things about remote work is getting to see my 2yo son throughout the day and play with him as soon as Im done. Working at the office or commuting would take some of that away. Theres always more work but theyre only this young once"
X Link 2024-11-02T00:07Z 74.2K followers, 98.2K engagements

"Build something good not mvps More and more I have lost conviction that minimum viable products make sense for product development. It makes no sense to release a product with the core flow and then dismiss its viability after the aggregate data says people arent using it. Instead founders should have More and more I have lost conviction that minimum viable products make sense for product development. It makes no sense to release a product with the core flow and then dismiss its viability after the aggregate data says people arent using it. Instead founders should have"
X Link 2024-11-17T01:48Z 74.2K followers, 86.3K engagements

"You know it's an AI feature pushed hard when it breaks the design convention"
X Link 2024-11-19T21:14Z 74.2K followers, 357.4K engagements

"@EricONCA Siri was also AI featured pushed hard"
X Link 2024-11-19T21:37Z 74.2K followers, 25.5K engagements

"When I was designing Coinbase back in [----] [--] bitcoin would be about $1k"
X Link 2024-11-22T06:52Z 74.2K followers, 92.2K engagements

"got a new computer went to download Chrome for testing. Google: here is your [--] sponsored random links a top"
X Link 2024-11-22T19:32Z 74.2K followers, 275K engagements

"Still cant wrap my head around this. Founders pay so little attention that they dont realize their website is a direct copy of another companyassets design about page and even the investors 😂 They will change the world with the "we get things done" attitude. @jamx"
X Link 2024-12-19T04:45Z 74.2K followers, 167.3K engagements

"My theory why quality is so rare is that it is rare to have people care for their work or allowed to care for their work. The culture shifted from people doing their craft to fastest way to check the checkbox https://grantslatton.com/nobody-cares https://grantslatton.com/nobody-cares"
X Link 2025-01-20T18:24Z 74.2K followers, 162.1K engagements

"Slide from our recent @linear all-hands. The strategy and focus of company has been the exact same: Build something excellent for the customer segment win them over"
X Link 2025-01-27T22:43Z 74.2K followers, 44.8K engagements

"Welcome @OpenAI "From a small trial to over [----] people across the organization teams at OpenAI organically adopted @linear to help them navigate the complexities of scale" "Youll probably build a better product just because of the craft that using Linear infuses on your brain." To tackle complexity and keep moving fast @OpenAI decided to switch to Linear. https://t.co/lRH2NZVaoh https://t.co/ZGIfagF8xx "Youll probably build a better product just because of the craft that using Linear infuses on your brain." To tackle complexity and keep moving fast @OpenAI decided to switch to Linear."
X Link 2025-01-29T17:34Z 74.2K followers, 58.1K engagements

"We had @henrymodis to chat with our design team yesterday about AI design. Simple and interesting to for me was that at Perplexity they start projects by exploring LLM capabilities with very simple prototypes even with just a command-line implementations. Only once theres proof that the idea can work consistently and that they can bend it to do what they want do they start designing the experience. This flips traditional design best practices. Normally you start with design to explore possibilities and the tech follows. But in this domain or this new era of software LLM/AI is the tool for"
X Link 2025-02-12T17:54Z 74.2K followers, 80.6K engagements

"The Profitable Startup; Once you're profitable you stop worrying about survival and focus on what really matters: building something great. Building the way you want. https://linear.app/blog/the-profitable-startup https://linear.app/blog/the-profitable-startup"
X Link 2025-02-21T17:20Z 74.2K followers, 741.4K engagements

"Interesting to see @linear quickly becoming the platform for AI agents. It makes sense. Linear already coordinates work among human co-workers in a structured environment. I believe it will be perfectly suited for AI co-workers too"
X Link 2025-03-05T23:51Z 74.2K followers, 215K engagements

"This level of performance should be the baseline for any application in [----] note-taking software doesn't need to be bloated or slow (yes this is actual 1x speed 🔥) https://t.co/dZV8D6nw4d note-taking software doesn't need to be bloated or slow (yes this is actual 1x speed 🔥) https://t.co/dZV8D6nw4d"
X Link 2025-03-17T18:48Z 74.2K followers, 489.7K engagements

"The era of "break things" is over. To make your company stand out and earn respect you need to deliver quality experiences. And data wont get you there. You need people to care about it ideally at the very highest levels. Interview with @figma https://www.figma.com/blog/karri-saarinens-10-rules-for-crafting-products-that-stand-out/ https://www.figma.com/blog/karri-saarinens-10-rules-for-crafting-products-that-stand-out/"
X Link 2025-03-19T16:45Z 74.2K followers, 46.6K engagements

"Quality matters. Bugs are defects not natural part of your product environment. We have zero bug policy at @linear: all bugs get fixed in [--] days (usually in 1-2 days) If you have bugs in the main 80% regular daily user flow the product is not going to make it Software that gets product market fit is at the stage of fixing all of the smaller less-likely-to-hit 20% unusual use case bugs and the very best have fixed almost all of them If you have bugs in the main 80% regular daily user flow the product is not going to make it Software that gets product market fit is at the stage of fixing all of"
X Link 2025-03-21T19:02Z 74.2K followers, 169.3K engagements

"Agents are coming to @linear just assign and theyll get to work. ✷ Collaborate with agents in @linear ✷ Excited to partner with @linear to launch our @codegen integration ⚡ "Hey @codegen can you solve this ticket Close any duplicates btw." I haven't started a task from scratch in days. Absolutely wild. https://t.co/HHhe9E63r2 ✷ Collaborate with agents in @linear ✷ Excited to partner with @linear to launch our @codegen integration ⚡ "Hey @codegen can you solve this ticket Close any duplicates btw." I haven't started a task from scratch in days. Absolutely wild. https://t.co/HHhe9E63r2"
X Link 2025-03-24T22:32Z 74.2K followers, 194.3K engagements

"Happy to share that @linear has raised a Series C at a $1.25B valuation led by Accel. Im proud of how far weve come while staying true to our way and values. In this next stage Linear will be the purpose-built tool where teams AI and agents build software together. We raised a Series C at a $1.25B valuation led by Accel. Now back to building and continuing our mission to inspire and accelerate builders. In this next stage Linear is becoming the place where teams AI and agents build software together. https://t.co/zcu8JExOmj https://t.co/aokCAxhTcG We raised a Series C at a $1.25B valuation"
X Link 2025-06-10T12:57Z 74.2K followers, 178.1K engagements

"In our Series C round at @linear we gave all current and former teammates the opportunity to sell a portion of their vested options. From the start weve aimed to make Linears equity program as employee-friendly as possible. Now including path to liquidity"
X Link 2025-08-27T15:55Z 74.2K followers, 277.5K engagements

"the best feature @linear ever created"
X Link 2025-10-14T15:15Z 74.2K followers, 137.3K engagements

"give this man a raise A year at Linear https://t.co/Sst2BoE7NB A year at Linear https://t.co/Sst2BoE7NB"
X Link 2025-10-15T15:12Z 74.2K followers, 246K engagements

"me my daily driver and a peaceful corner of the internet"
X Link 2025-10-21T15:57Z 74.2K followers, 359.3K engagements

"this is the best feature the team ever created New: Linear Agent for Slack Mention @linear in discussions on Slack and the Linear agent will create issues informed by your conversation's context. https://t.co/N3IrZr9BVt New: Linear Agent for Slack Mention @linear in discussions on Slack and the Linear agent will create issues informed by your conversation's context. https://t.co/N3IrZr9BVt"
X Link 2025-10-23T17:43Z 74.2K followers, 117K engagements

"Narrative violation: you can build a $1B+ startup while being remote and having a life & family outside of work. At @linear we value quality & focus. We believe it comes from trust ownership and space to think. IN SOFTWARE YOU ARE BUILDING SANDCASTLES (2025) A short film about life and work at Linear. https://t.co/AtGdXDUf00 IN SOFTWARE YOU ARE BUILDING SANDCASTLES (2025) A short film about life and work at Linear. https://t.co/AtGdXDUf00"
X Link 2025-10-29T17:41Z 74.2K followers, 94.2K engagements

"When we started @linear remote work was a design choice to give us the freedom to focus and the flexibility to live where we want. This year weve begun adding coworking hubs in Berlin NYC and SF for those who can and want to cowork more regularly https://linear.app/now/designing-remote-work-at-linear https://linear.app/now/designing-remote-work-at-linear"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:56Z 74.2K followers, 61.6K engagements

"TLDR; we see ourselves as viral marketing company not a product company EXPLAINING THE CLUELY PIVOT (+ A BRIEF HISTORY) [--] months ago i built Interview Coder an undetectable translucent desktop overlay that lets you cheat on leetcode interviews. i knew it had viral potential and posted about it constantly until I did go viral. then I did it EXPLAINING THE CLUELY PIVOT (+ A BRIEF HISTORY) [--] months ago i built Interview Coder an undetectable translucent desktop overlay that lets you cheat on leetcode interviews. i knew it had viral potential and posted about it constantly until I did go viral."
X Link 2025-11-06T04:14Z 74.2K followers, 166.2K engagements

"What is it like to compose a Airbnb listing page in Sketch in 1min by using our design system (DLS)"
X Link 2017-04-05T21:19Z 74.2K followers, [----] engagements

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