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Linear is the one I've settled on, it stays out of my way. For now. Looking at the competition it's only a matter of time before it becomes bloated to justify

Linear is the one I've settled on, it stays out of my way. For now. Looking at the competition it's only a matter of time before it becomes bloated to justify valuations. https://linear.app/ https://linear.app/

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
As soon as the AI features start showing up in Linear, it's time to jump ship. You know for sure VCs are pushing for that in the weekly meeting.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  If it takes the pressure off, then go ahead and add those features. But carve it in immutable, legal stone that there will always be a classic (reddit style: old) version of the product that's feature-complete but maintained. ... my suspicion is there's actually legalese somewhere that mandates the continuity of old.reddit.com. Otherwise, I'm at a loss to explain its continued existence in light of aggressive app pushing.
  - ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
    That's true. They are maybe the only major player who went with that approach. I wonder if their users are that vocal?
- dvngnt_ 2y ago
  it's been there for about a year. you can use plain text to search issues, and the slack bot will auto-create titles when you create issues from there.
- enra 2y ago
  Linear founder here. We look at AI as capability similar to any other technology. Instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon or thinking AI is a feature, we look if there is opportunity to reduce friction or help the user well in the workflow they are doing. Today like the AI can inform if there is duplicate issues being reported or improve the titles you submit from Slack conversion.
kstrauser 2y ago
A past job used Pivotal for several years until a new employee asked if we'd ever heard of Linear. I think we started the migration maybe a month later.
castlecrasher2 2y ago
We've been on Linear for a couple years now and like it a lot.
sofixa 2y ago
> bloated This is like Excel - nobody needs more than 20% of all its features... but a different 20% for everyone. Project Management/Tracking needs can vary a lot between orgs or even people.
- necovek 2y ago
  That's not really true: witness Jira boards which are really kanban boards replicated everywhere. Jira, by now, is mostly a database of issues with a terrible management interface that's only accessed through the "boards" features. At least in the "agile" (actual or lookalike) software development.

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago

As soon as the AI features start showing up in Linear, it's time to jump ship. You know for sure VCs are pushing for that in the weekly meeting.

ethbr1 2y ago
If it takes the pressure off, then go ahead and add those features. But carve it in immutable, legal stone that there will always be a classic (reddit style: old) version of the product that's feature-complete but maintained. ... my suspicion is there's actually legalese somewhere that mandates the continuity of old.reddit.com. Otherwise, I'm at a loss to explain its continued existence in light of aggressive app pushing.
- ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
  That's true. They are maybe the only major player who went with that approach. I wonder if their users are that vocal?
dvngnt_ 2y ago
it's been there for about a year. you can use plain text to search issues, and the slack bot will auto-create titles when you create issues from there.
enra 2y ago
Linear founder here. We look at AI as capability similar to any other technology. Instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon or thinking AI is a feature, we look if there is opportunity to reduce friction or help the user well in the workflow they are doing. Today like the AI can inform if there is duplicate issues being reported or improve the titles you submit from Slack conversion.

kstrauser 2y ago

A past job used Pivotal for several years until a new employee asked if we'd ever heard of Linear. I think we started the migration maybe a month later.

castlecrasher2 2y ago

We've been on Linear for a couple years now and like it a lot.

sofixa 2y ago

> bloated This is like Excel - nobody needs more than 20% of all its features... but a different 20% for everyone. Project Management/Tracking needs can vary a lot between orgs or even people.

necovek 2y ago
That's not really true: witness Jira boards which are really kanban boards replicated everywhere. Jira, by now, is mostly a database of issues with a terrible management interface that's only accessed through the "boards" features. At least in the "agile" (actual or lookalike) software development.