About me
Originally from Finland, I live in California and work on Linear, We’re building a place for people and agents to make better products and become better at making them.
Notes on building
- Every project produces product and understanding.
- Design is a search for the problem and the solution
- Taste grows through making and paying attention.
- Quality is in the company DNA or not
- Quality earns trust, attention, and loyalty.
- A good product depends on what we leave out.
- Tools should serve the people doing the work.
- Good tools give us our attention back.
- Delegating work doesn’t transfer responsibility.
- What we learn should improve the team’s understanding.
- A company is something you craft, too.
- Profitability gives freedom to build on your own terms.
- Brand is who you are and what you stand for.
- Speed without direction is motion, not progress.
Writing
2026
2025
- Design is more than code
- Part 2: Design is a search for the opinions
- Design is a search
- Designing remote work at Linear
- Self-driving SaaS: When software runs itself
- Giving our team liquidity through Linear’s first tender offer
- Building our way: Announcing our Series C
- Why is quality so rare?
- Design for the AI age
- The profitable startup