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Karri Saarinen
Linear
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Karri Saarinen
Linear
@karrisaarinen
ceo of @linear 🇫🇮🇺🇸 previously: @coinbase @airbnb, YC alumni
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linear.app
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Jun 11
    When we started @linear, we wanted to make product work feel more coherent across the whole team. Agents can now do more of the work, but too often they operate from an empty prompt, in isolation, for one person at a time. That risks creating a new layer of fragmentation. We
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    Linear
    @linear
    Jun 11
    Introducing coding sessions. Linear Agent can now triage issues, investigate the cause, write the fix, open a PR, and bring the code back for review. All shared with your team in Linear.
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Nov 19, 2024
    You know it's an AI feature pushed hard when it breaks the design convention
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Oct 21, 2025
    me, my daily driver, and a peaceful corner of the internet
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Nov 22, 2024
    got a new computer, went to download Chrome for testing. Google: here is your 5 sponsored random links a top
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Aug 27, 2022
    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 it’s “atomic" or not. We have a system which has colors, type, icons and components
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Oct 19, 2023
    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. 1. We screenshot the app and design on top of 2. Simple design system that has mostly colors,
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Mar 7, 2023
    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)
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Sep 20, 2022
    I’ve seen a lot of takes on the Figma Adobe deal in past week and think most VCs/finance folks misses the point since they don’t 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".
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    May 25, 2018
    Color variations between Firefox Developer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Medium: Pixels on screen (LG 5K). - Exactly what I needed now
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Jan 5, 2024
    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.
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Mar 22, 2023
    It’s 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.
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Nov 1, 2022
    Loved this exchange on HN
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Jan 14, 2023
    Update: @linear is 4 years this week. Entering 2023 with: - Team: 30 people - Linear runs product for several thousands of startups & enterprises - Profitable since 2021 - Negative lifetime burn (cash in bank is now higher than total raised over Seed+Series A)
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Oct 15, 2025
    give this man a raise
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    Emil Kowalski
    Linear
    @emilkowalski
    Oct 14, 2025
    A year at Linear
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