... tasks into a checklist, some just kept it in their heads. That flexibility worked for a while, but as we grew, it started to break down. Tracking and communicating progress clearly became impossible. So instead, we decided to mandate a single system of project tracking that everyone needs to abide by as they build. Rather than inventing this system ourselves, we decided to follow Linear s recommended approach. Linear is a very opinionated tool: there really is only ... ... Linear want us to use it, which they ve explained in full depth across they re docs. The further we ve gone, the more we ve learned to stop re-inventing the wheel and just follow their playbook. Mandating