Why we built Diffs When we started Linear, we set out to improve the experience of building software, which had been full of friction for too long. We obsessed over making the core workflow feel fast, fluid, and enjoyable to use. Code review has stayed painfully slow while everything else sped up. Growing PR volumes from coding agents are putting further strain on an already creaking process. So much so that the speed gained from using agents gets swallowed in review. Diffs is designed to keep c