The Unsung Ingredient in Stripe, Square and Linear’s Success: Taste
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Taste at speed
Slow built your instincts, fast lets you use them
Carly Ayres
Jun 30
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There’s a familiar story about a pottery class. One group is told they’ll be graded on how many pots they make. The other, on a single perfect one. At the end of the term, the best work comes from the group that... See more
Taste at speed
Slow built your instincts, fast lets you use them
Carly Ayres
Jun 30
READ IN APP
There’s a familiar story about a pottery class. One group is told they’ll be graded on how many pots they make. The other, on a single perfect one. At the end of the term, the best work comes from the group that... See more
Taste at speed
Arc is taking on legacy web browsers with design and brand as core selling points. Tools like Linear, a project management tool for software teams, are just as known for their principled approach to company building and their heavily-copied landing page design as they are known for their product’s functionality.4 Companies like Arc and Linear build... See more
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
Code is cheap. Money now chases utility wrapped in taste, function sculpted with beautiful form, and technology framed in artistry.
But what exactly is taste? The dictionary says it’s the ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard . But who sets that standard? Taste may be subjective, but within a given culture or... See more
But what exactly is taste? The dictionary says it’s the ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard . But who sets that standard? Taste may be subjective, but within a given culture or... See more