How About Tomorrow?

An Interview with Tuomas Artman of Linear

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Dax has a conversation with Tuomas Artman of Linear about their mindset when starting Linear, how they developed the Linear Method, was being fast important from the beginning, what the difference is between collaboration and syncing, and what is Linear's tech stack.

Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.

Links:

  • Linear
  • Superhuman
  • Replicache
  • GraphQL


Topics discussed:

  • (00:21) - Introducing Tuomas Artman & Linear
  • (01:38) - What was the mindset when you started Linear?
  • (09:41) - Was the high level of polish intentional from the beginning?
  • (13:59) - How did you develop the Linear Method?
  • (17:46) - How does designing with big companies compare to a smaller company?
  • (19:50) - Was being a fast app important from the beginning?
  • (24:15) - Linear syncs a large portion of your data locally
  • (29:20) - Defining a finite set of data to work with
  • (34:16) - What's the difference between collaboration and syncing?
  • (40:30) - Have you seen more companies take this design approach?
  • (45:04) - What is Linear's tech stack?
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