[enra]

Great on work creating an alternative to Linear which is a carbon copy of Linear [1].

Linear also been powered by local first sync since 2019, we have AI features shipped and in the pipeline.

As YC alumni/design founder of Linear disappointed to see that design/ui/product is treated this way and something to completely rip off from other products.

Last 5 years we’ve been iterating on the Linear design and product. We are still a small team. We also like to share how we build and design to improve inspire others.

But this is no inspiration or inspiring.

Just some days ago Garry Tan was talking about how to get founders learn and value design and this is the opposite of that.

[1] https://linear.app

[03b8]

100%, flashed back the Garry Tan tweet too. This project would be great as an open source tech demo, but was quite surprised to see the YC logo on here.

(as a founder) I expect YC to understand the importance of iterative design and not throw money out of the window for a snapshot.

[harshithmul]

Hey Karri, I’m truly sorry for how things have turned out. Our aim was to highlight the importance of design, regardless of the project’s size. We never intended to copy Linear, but rather to consider it as an inspiration for any upcoming tools in this field, emphasizing the need for good design.

Rest assured, we will focus our efforts on these aspects and make sure to rectify the situation.

[enra]

Hard to believe that ending up with exact copy is not intentional.

[esafak]

You've got funding, hire a designer, don't copy.

[burcs]

Yeah this is really frustrating to see Karri. You guys have built an amazing tool at Linear. I truly believe it has inspired everyone in the tech world who wants to build better software.

For this team to fully clone it, open-source it and then claim they were inspired by Linear is incredibly dishonest.

I know you already know this, what you all have built at Linear is a gold standard and the replicas wont be able to keep up.