Karri Saarinen
Person on 4 sites
Co-founder and CEO of Linear; previously principal designer at Airbnb, where he led the Design Language System, and founding designer at Coinbase.
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14 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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An organization should not become a software factory that outsources the work and thinking and focuses only on efficient output, because the output is not the product. (opens korrents.com)
“Don't become a software factory where you out like outsource all the work and thinking to somewhere else and like just focus on like how efficient can the output be because the output is not the product.”
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Making products produces two things: the product and the learning. (opens korrents.com)
“So making products produces two things. The the product and the learning.”
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A company that does not learn from the work it does would probably eventually lose its advantage. (opens korrents.com)
“eventually if you don't learn from the work you do I think eventually you would lose the advantage of what you have currently in your in your space or in your company”
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An organization should not become a software factory that outsources the work and thinking and focuses only on efficient output, because the output is not the product. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Timeless Way of Building (opens rcmnd.app)
“Timeless way of building by Christopher Alexander like he he's this like a uh he wasn't really an architect but he he I think thought in Berkeley and I think he he has this like interesting thoughts about like building…”
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (opens rcmnd.app)
“the other the other book that I like is like the the Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance because it's also like talks about the quality of things”
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Silo (opens rcmnd.app)
“recently I started watching The Silo on Apple TV and I think I kind of like it it's like a good mystery”
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The Timeless Way of Building (opens rcmnd.app)