But Linear is a rebuttal to Jira. It is notably fast and only minimally customizable, defined by its meticulous design—in the fonts and colors, but also in the logic of how the product functions. Built for Agile workflows, Jira is exhaustively customizable in a way that some engineers find onerous. In contrast, the first version of Linear was desi

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At its core, opinionated software is software that’s purpose-built for specific use cases. At Linear, that use case is helping teams build better products. Unlike a general purpose tool to be adopted across many disciplines or workflows, it guides you toward a default process. “We design it so that there’s one really good way of doing things,” say... See more

How is Linear opinionated?

Jacob:  I think that the Linear Method has caused a lot of people to call Linear, opinionated. What are some of the strong opinions that Linear has built into the product itself that maybe people say, “wow, it might not be flexible, but this is exactly how it should work.”

Nan:  I think this is gonna cause some

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