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Someone behind the software
Additive product development driven by agents risks turning software into a feature-rich, 'Frankenstein's monster' that lacks a coherent soul or clear point of view.
What: Karri Saarinen of Linear argues that true software quality requires intuition, deep user understanding, and a willingness to rethink rather than just add new capabilities.
Why it matters: The current trend of letting individual AI agents independently build small features dilutes the unifying vision required for a high-quality product.
Original article
Good products carry something of the people who make them. The industry often talks about software as if it comes out of a factory, but two teams can talk to similar customers and have access to the same technology and still make very different things. The difference is how each team understands what they see and the style they go about building it. The founder background or company DNA shapes this a lot.
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