Creating magical software

This week Adam is joined by Jori Lallo, Co-founder of Linear, to talk about creating magical software and building high-quality software teams.

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Featuring:

• Jori Lallo – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• linear.app

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - On Founders Talk...
(00:33) - Start the show!
(05:30) - What is Linear?
(10:16) - Frustration leads to motivation
(16:04) - An open API world
(25:14) - Lessons learned
(28:30) - How do you build Linear?
(51:50) - What do you do here?
(1:05:18) - Goals?
(1:14:06) - What's on the horizon?
(1:16:13) - Outro