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Karri Saarinen

Personal blog · karrisaarinen.comdesigncareer

Karri Saarinen's personal blog at karrisaarinen.com covers design and career. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Brand is who you are”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.

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16mentions?
9HN people?
2010–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2026

Karri Saarinen, co-founder and CEO of Linear. From Finland, living in California.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Brand is who you are
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-10-14
  2. Someone behind the software
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-16
  3. Jiro's Dream (2012)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-11
  4. You could do it alone
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-22

What Hacker News says?

  1. ignoramous · 2021-04-14
    I believe Karri Saarinen was the founding designer at Coinbase, and here's a relevant blog entry from them: https://karrisaarinen.com/posts/designing-coinbase/ See also: Metalab's showcase of their collab with the Coinbase design team: https://projects.metalab.com/coinbase

    Comment linking /posts/designing-coinbase/

    on “Coinbase from YC to DPO”
  2. tosh · 2026-10-18

    Submitted Someone behind the software as a story · 557 points

    HN discussion
  3. enra · 2011-01-04
    I felt like helping out, so here's my entry: http://karrisaarinen.com/rubyc/ Tried to bring the minimalistic Japanese feel to it, like Ruby is. (The signature on the upper corner is only for the heroku preview. I wanted to sign it for the competition, but didn't want to write my name anywhere on the site)

    Comment linking /rubyc/

    on “I suck at web design, so I made a contest to design rubycommitters.org. ”
  4. enra · 2012-09-02

    Submitted Jiro's Dream as a story · 92 points

    HN discussion
  5. enra · 2012-09-10

    Submitted In Defense of the Best as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  6. tosh · 2026-10-25

    Submitted You could do it alone as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. nadis · 2026-10-16

    Submitted Someone behind the software by Karri Saarinen as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. AnhTho_FR · 2026-10-14

    Submitted Brand is who you are as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. tosh · 2026-10-06

    Submitted Jiro's Dream (2012) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. tosh · 2026-10-06

    Submitted Tools Are Getting Better. Are We? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. joshuacc · 2010-10-21

    Submitted Just Design It – An Approach to Web App Design (slides) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. herbertl · 2026-10-22

    Submitted You could do it alone as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. yakkomajuri · 2026-10-19

    Submitted Room for Ambition as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. tosh · 2026-10-16

    Submitted Brand is who you are as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. tosh · 2026-10-14

    Submitted Brand is who you are as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. seels · 2021-11-11

    Submitted Jiro's dream, on developing good taste as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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