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Karri Saarinen

@karrisaarinen

ceo of @linear | previously: design at @airbnb, @coinbase. yc alumn (s12)

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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of my feature features of Linear is the updates built in to all projects. Teams write short updates every 1-2 weeks or when needed.

Then can just see the updates roll in to my Linear Inbox, Slack and now the mobile app 💎

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Justin Reidy(@VegetablesReidy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super impressive launch (as usual!) from Linear. The fluidity of the UX between application components (docs, issues, roadmaps, etc) is incredible.

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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today we are announcing a new Project experience for Linear. For long, we've been focused on execution of issues and projects, but what comes before that is planning.

One of the key things about Linear is that it is always built with purpose and quality. Instead of throwing…

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Anand Chowdhary(@AnandChowdhary) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The best collaborative text editor is not Google Docs or Notion, but Documents within Linear. To use it as a daily driver, I've created a Project under which I have only Documents. ✏️

The best collaborative text editor is not Google Docs or Notion, but Documents within @linear. To use it as a daily driver, I've created a Project under which I have only Documents. ✏️
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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When we were rolling out Linear back in private beta days, every week I would pick the most motivated (based on their answers) & fitting people (used the stack we supported, small companies) from the waitlist manually and sent them this email I had saved as Superhuman template.…

When we were rolling out @linear back in private beta days, every week I would pick the most motivated (based on their answers) & fitting people (used the stack we supported, small companies) from the waitlist manually and sent them this email I had saved as Superhuman template.…
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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Is there something in the AI hardware water that prevents people holding back their devices for 6mo and actually testing them in the wild before and launch shipping to everyone.

Or alternatively ship to small group of early adopters and wait before doing TED talks, going on…

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julius tarng cyber inspector(@tarngerine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

every few years i see another startup try to 'solve handoff' by making a design tool that generates prod code. it's happening again bc 'oh, ai can solve this now'

ime its impossible to solve design -> code workflow with the codegen approach and ppl should'nt try anymore

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sarah guo // conviction(@saranormous) 's Twitter Profile Photo

glimpse of the future in a feature:
action items ai-generated
human in the loop review
one-click “push” to linear

less metawork
more real work

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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us tomorrow on a @Stripe session on why craft and quality matters for businesses.

At 2pm, a bit before Jensen Huang’s talk :)

Join us tomorrow on a @Stripe session on why craft and quality matters for businesses. At 2pm, a bit before Jensen Huang’s talk :)
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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You can absolutely know what your brand is before PMF.

Brand is the understanding of what the company is, what it stands for, the quality standards, who you hire, what we do, how we do it, and why. Consistency is crucial for a brand; it's like the soul or personality of your…

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Karri Saarinen(@karrisaarinen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This will start the new wave of angel investing. The biggest bottleneck right now is the unwillingness and ability of US banks to make wires without going through million hoops

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