Web Dev · by Mia Bauer · 2026-10-18

Someone behind the software

Karri Saarinen (Linear) on why software needs a real person with taste behind it. Is design-by-committee really the cause of bad products?

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i work with this stuff daily and taste in software is not as simple as teh headline makes it sound

Ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking for a friend

I'd pay good money to see you debate that with my boss

Aoi Ito · 13 likes

Funny how taste in software comes right when I was arguing about it with my coworker

I'd pay good money to see you debate that with my boss

As an enthusiast I'm just happy to see taste in software getting attention, hope it keeps going

This. Exactly this

ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking for a friend

Not convinced about taste in software tbh. I've seen this hype cycle before and it usually fizzles

lol this is too accurate

Tiny Coder · 9 likes

Same here, had the exact same experience

Honestly taste in software is more interesting than I expected, been reading about it all morning

my wallet just cried reading this

Tried something similar last month, the practical results were mixed. Setup was ok but edge cases killed me

my wallet just cried reading this

Skeptical but curious about taste in software. Anyone got actual numbers or just vibes

my wallet just cried reading this