About me
Originally from Finland, I live in California and work on Linear, 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
Interviews and talks →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