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> Some people will tell you that change is impossible. That it should be resisted. That it goes against human nature.

Nobody has ever told me that, personally.

Cool design, almost cool enough to not be spoiled by it being a ridiculous marketing pitch.

I know I'm not the only one that detests the vague "our product is a tool that helps you" marketing that faffs on about "unlocking your team's potential"[1] and refuses to say what the product actually is. Even scrolling through the "features" page[2], I couldn't figure out what the actual core product was, until I gave up and went to the github page[3] and immediately found the answer.

(It's an issue tracker)

[1] You'd think at this point, with all the tools offering that, every padlock on your team's potential would be thoroughly atomized into subatomic particles.

[2] https://linear.app/features

[3] https://github.com/linear/linear

It's weird cause it feels almost condescending to the target audience of product managers and engineering leads.

The product itself looks good at a glance but the inspirational style blog post makes it feel like they're trying to channel a douchier version of Steve Jobs who is convinced that he's an inspirational writer.

Don't try to connect with me emotionally for this kind of product, I don't need much to be convinced to try something other than Jira and the product should speak for itself afterwards.

I get it but I think the execution is poor here.

This content is much more to the point on the thinking behind their product and why I would want to try it https://linear.app/method

This is just a marketing page with a retrocomputing edge but the front-end community loses their minds about this kinda thing, so thought would share

What even is it? It is a framework? For mobile? For web?

Fake Edit: Oh, it's a planning tool, ala JIRA, Asana, etc... (is that correct?)

Is there an API? I clicked around a bit and didn't see anything.

Yeah it is like a lightweight JIRA. It has a GraphQL API and they provide a node sdk. We used it at my last job, and I ended up writing some CI tools utilizing their API, it was pretty nifty.

Neat!

Edit: Found the GH link! It's at the bottom, on the right. Call that a "clicks to code" score of ehhh 2.5; landing page, scroll -> GH -> specific repo. That's fine for a tool not aimed at developers.

(the winner, at zero, remains https://sinatrarb.com/)

The marketing is amazing but not sure if it resonates strongly with the actual product. I was imaging some personal goalkeeping/notetaking app, not Jira 2.0

Wow, this was the PERFECT opportunity to try out "WTF does this company do" https://wtfdoesthiscompanydo.vercel.app/ , which was posted to HN earlier today.

Linear is a company that has created tools to make it easier for teams to communicate, collaborate, and create. The tools they offer are software, such as spreadsheets, messaging clients, version control systems, text editors, and issue trackers. These tools help teams break out of the prison of stagnation and push for change. The company also offers resources for customers, such as a community, contact information, and terms of service. Additionally, they offer developers the ability to access their API, check the status of their systems, and access their GitHub and Magic.

I don't know why these boatholes don't just SAY what it is they can do.

Haha good one... I dunno if this page is a reference to something. And I didn't bother to read the contents. But I opened the link since it was from linear.app. I have used Linear and it is cool. Maybe you can think of it as a faster Asana, project management is their core functionality. My (current) top choice of tool for managing tasks. Definitely recommend to try it.

we made the change to Linear, but ultimately, made the change back to GitHub Issues. Their marketing and devrel is good -- it convinced me without actually considering its merits, that surely everyone must be buying into it for a reason. Ultimately, I did not find the overhead of another tool to be worth it.

(we also open-sourced the script we wrote to automate the migration: https://github.com/terrastruct/byelinear)

I'm not reading all that

Are you at least happy for them, or sorry that happened?

Haha I’m glad I’m not the only one that started scrolling and went “nah”

Couldn’t find the recipe.

Kagi to the rescue:

https://labs.kagi.com/ai/sum?url=https://linear.app/change

This summary is not helpful to me. No clue what this site is pitching/selling and Kagi just seems to have stripped the excessive graphics.

Was this written by chatgpt?

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