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Issue Tracking Is Dead

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Re: Issue Tracking Is Dead

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Post by swombat »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #10

This feels awkwardly premature and dubious. I think "we're adding features to support better context modelling and execution with LLMs" would have sufficed. I've thought of Linear as a careful, measured, thoughtful company in the past so this seems out of the blue, like there's some kind of existential crisis occurring over there.

> like there's some kind of existential crisis occurring over there

If you're running a Saas, especially a SaaS whose market is developers, and you're NOT having an existential crisis in 2026, the only possible explanation is you're asleep or possibly already dead.

Re: Issue Tracking Is Dead

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Post by kaizenb »

swombat wrote: post #21
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #10

This feels awkwardly premature and dubious. I think "we're adding features to support better context modelling and execution with LLMs" would have sufficed. I've thought of Linear as a careful, measured, thoughtful company in the past so this seems out of the blue, like there's some kind of existential crisis occurring over there.

> like there's some kind of existential crisis occurring over there If you're running a Saas, especially a SaaS whose market is developers, and you're NOT having an existential crisis in 2026, the only possible explanation is you're asleep or possibly already dead.

ツ That was harsh. But true. Workflows are rapidly changing. Hard to adopt. Can we slow down-pause somewhere, so we can focus on building.

Re: Issue Tracking Is Dead

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Post by solarkraft »

Classic clickbait title. I guess it works, but also baits me to respond to it in the first paragraph: Issue tracking is clearly not dead, it is more important than ever.

They are doing almost everything right: I believe that this mode of control is exactly the future (use the chat for more complex natural language manipulation while seeing the result in the traditional UI).

> Code Diffs. Review code within a fast, modern interface built for both humans and agents to iterate together.

I really want to see diffs right in the issue. PRs are a dumb historically grown in-between step that is just annoying. As everything else becomes faster, this becomes more of a bottleneck for iteration speed.

> Linear Coding Agent. Linear writes code and automatically fixes bugs. Powered by frontier models, enhanced with native Linear context and tools.

Is this supposed to replace my dedicated coding agent? I’m skeptical of coding agents being built as parts of other products. It feels like an afterthought, 80% solution - not good enough for real intense use.

If it has very tight HITL (possibly integrated right into the ticket - that would be amazing), it might be really good - they are in a unique position to build an amazing product here.

Issue tracking is not only not dead, it’s a more structured way to handle your agents.

Re: Issue Tracking Is Dead

#24

Post by ezekg »

swombat wrote: post #21
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #10

This feels awkwardly premature and dubious. I think "we're adding features to support better context modelling and execution with LLMs" would have sufficed. I've thought of Linear as a careful, measured, thoughtful company in the past so this seems out of the blue, like there's some kind of existential crisis occurring over there.

> like there's some kind of existential crisis occurring over there If you're running a Saas, especially a SaaS whose market is developers, and you're NOT having an existential crisis in 2026, the only possible explanation is you're asleep or possibly already dead.

My first knee-jerk reaction was "this guy must not run a SaaS then." But I see that you do, so I'll pull back the reins a bit. I don't see this at all. Businesses are still buying the same way they've always bought, and businesses still don't want to build (and maintain) their own internal tooling as much as the talking heads say they do. At least in my neck of the woods.

Very much not asleep, and very much not dead.

Re: Issue Tracking Is Dead

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Post by ramon156 »

I just know my previous job will eat this up. They're generating tickets, PRs and Reviews nowadays. I have no idea what the quality looks like, but I doubt it's anything but good.

The amount they ask customers does not match their output

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