Linear CEO warns AI overload from 1000 PRs daily

The author argues that AI-driven development tools have dramatically accelerated feature production, overwhelming engineering teams and leadership with thousands of pull requests that may not provide actual customer value. To combat this internal overload, organizations should democratize strategic clarity, implement evidence-based deployment gates, mandate a clear hypothesis and success criteria for every feature, and stop measuring engineering output purely by volume. Instead of attempting to slow builders down, leaders should focus on defining clear goals while empowering middle management and contributors to evaluate outputs against those objectives. Open article →