Episode 107
#107 - Sustainability Over Hypergrowth feat.Tuomas Artman // CTO @ Linear
alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders
September 13, 20241h 1m
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Show Notes
Grow the business, not the headcount with insights from Tuomas Artman (CTO of Linear). Saying no to hypergrowth helped Linear succeed, but how did they do it? How did they build a high-quality product with a smaller team?
Listen to find out:
- How to achieve quality products without increasing headcount 🌱
- Avoiding feature bloat: The pitfalls of customer-driven development ⚖️
- Why you should build for longevity, not acquisition: The downsides of selling too early 🏛
- Why they raised funds after initially planning to bootstrap 💰
- Why Full-Stack Engineers are in 👍, and QA Teams are out 👎
- Why Linear avoids automated UI tests 🚦
- How a local-first synchronization engine ensures a smooth UX ⚙️
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Topics
hypergrowth