Sublime

Linear’s founders want to do more than support better software creation. They want to bring back a sense of dignity to software creation, a job that today, Saarinen observes, can feel disconnected from a larger purpose. They want software engineers to feel satisfaction with and control over their work, something overreliance on project managers ha

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Playgrounds over Paths

Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.

Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".

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Extraordinary products are made by people who deeply care about developing a sense of great taste. This morning someone sent me this relatively unknown blog post, turns out @karrisaarinen and the eventual @linear team had been at it for over a decade. There is no secret here -- just a commitment to continued, hard work over many years.