Archive

Writing on design, craft, and building products.

2026

• Tools Are Getting Better. Are We?September 25
• Sharing Linear’s growth with the people building itAugust 26
• Some Notes on AIApril 25
• Output isn’t designApril 17
• Every feature should earn its placeApril 12
• Against “Against Taste”February 18
• The disappearing middle of software workJanuary 3

2025

• Design is more than codeDecember 19
• Part 2: Design is a search for the opinionsDecember 14
• Design is a searchDecember 12
• Designing remote work at LinearOctober 29
• Self-driving SaaS: When software runs itselfOctober 22
• Giving our team liquidity through Linear’s first tender offerAugust 27
• Building our way: Announcing our Series CJune 10
• Why is quality so rare?May 27
• Design for the AI ageApril 7
• The profitable startupFebruary 21

2023

• Linear raises $35M Series B led by AccelSeptember 14
• Welcoming Cristina Cordova to LinearMay 23

2021

• Building at the early stageJanuary 21

2020

• Linear raises $13M in Series A funding from Sequoia CapitalDecember 8
• Startups, Write ChangelogsMay 18

2019

• Linear’s Next Chapter: Announcing our $4.2M Seed RoundNovember 21
• Starting LinearApril 28

2018

• Crafting the Airbnb Cereal TypefaceMay 15

2016

• Creating the Airbnb Design SystemJuly 7
• Designing Coinbase - Clarity and Trust for BitcoinJune 29

2012

• Jiro’s DreamSeptember 2

2010

• Your Product Needs a SoulFebruary 12