--- title: The next video is a case study on Linear | daily.dev description: A content creator reflects on burnout from making AI-focused technical videos and a career shift that reshaped their views on software quality versus user... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-video-is-a-case-study-on-linear-pmloabpdp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The next video is a case study on Linear | daily.dev og:description: A content creator reflects on burnout from making AI-focused technical videos and a career shift that reshaped their views on software quality versus user... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-video-is-a-case-study-on-linear-pmloabpdp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PMLoABpdP.png og:image:alt: The next video is a case study on Linear og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The next video is a case study on Linear **[Tom Delalande](https://daily.dev/sources/tom_delalande)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A content creator reflects on burnout from making AI-focused technical videos and a career shift that reshaped their views on software quality versus user satisfaction. After moving from a job with clean code but no users to one with messy code but heavy usage, they realized product value matters more than code elegance. This shift is prompting an upcoming video case study on Linear, focused on product-building rather than languages or databases. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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