Daily Productive Sharing 1260 - Quality Is Rare
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Karri Saarinen, co-founder of Linear, questions why anyone would put so much effort into building something—yet not care to make it beautiful:
- Even as a child, he was drawn to whether a creation showed signs of craftsmanship.
- That’s the essence of craft: a deep, internal drive to do something with care—not because someone is watching, but because it matters to the creator.
- Craft comes naturally at the beginning of creative work. But as technology made creating faster and easier, we moved away from it. Eventually, we began to feel the absence of quality—in our work and products—and that sparked a revival of craftsmanship.
- Yet by its very nature, craft cannot be fully outsourced.
- Across people and disciplines, there’s a common thread: a belief in and need for quality. Even when it’s hard, we chase that elusive sense of “rightness.”
- At some point, every team faces a choice between growth and craft.
- Quality has gravity—it pulls people in rather than needing to be pushed onto them.
- They believe that decisions made by three to five people with taste are better than those made by large committees.
- Karri realized that building a great product requires three things in harmony: a fundamental belief in quality, the skill and taste to recognize it, and a genuine concern for user experience.
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Linear 的联合创始人 Karri Saarinen 说他不理解为什么有人愿意花那么多力气去创造，却不愿意把它做得漂亮：
- 即使在孩提时代，他注意到的是：作品中有没有体现出“匠心”。
- 这就是“工艺”的本质——一种出于内在驱动去把事情做到极致的专注，并不是因为有人监督，而是因为对创作者来说，这很重要。
- 工艺在创作之初是自然存在的。但随着科技的出现，创造变得更快、更简单，于是我们离工艺越来越远。可接着我们开始在工作和消费品中感受到它的缺失，进而又回头去追寻品质，推动了一场工艺的复兴。
- 然而，工艺的本质注定了它无法被完全外包。
- 一件事物之所以真正优秀，是因为创作者全身心参与了整个过程。
- 但所有人有一个共通点：那种追求品质的信念与需要。即便再难，也要追求一种“对的感觉”。
- 某个时刻，人们必须在“增长”与“工艺”之间做出选择。
- 品质自带引力——它吸引人，而不是要我们去推销它。
- 他们相信，三到五个有品味的人，所做出的决策要比一个大型委员会更好。
- 他认识到，构建高质量的产品需要三种元素协同：对品质的根本信念、识别品质的技能与审美，以及愿意真正关心用户体验的态度。
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