How Linear Uses Linear Technology to Build Linear

Episode 40 of The CTO Podcast explores Linear — the project management tool built by a team of seven engineers using what they ship. Lucas and Luna walk through Linear's architecture: a single TypeScript codebase, a custom sync engine built on SQLite and CRDTs, and how they handle optimistic updates with zero conflict. The episode examines why the team chose not to adopt microservices, how they keep latency under 50 milliseconds even on shaky connections, and what happens when your dogfooding strategy means your entire infrastructure is also your product. Specific numbers discussed: seven engineers, 50 ms sync latency, zero merge conflicts on issues, and a 99.95% uptime target with no dedicated SRE team. A grounded look at how a small team ships a tool used by thousands of engineering orgs — including the one that built it. #Linear #ProjectManagement #SoftwareArchitecture #TypeScript #SQLite #CRDTs #Dogfooding #StartupEngineering #SyncEngine #OptimisticUpdates #SingleCodebase #SmallTeam #Productivity #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #CTOPodcast #EngineeringCulture Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo