Cursor is easily one of the most impactful companies in all of tech…

And this week's episode is with their Head of Design, Ryo Lu.

You might've heard of Ryo in this episode back when we talked about early Notion and systems design.

So this week we're going to get an inside look at how design operates at Cursor and all of Ryo's experiments with AI 👀

Some highlights:

• What Ryo believes about the future of HCI
• How Ryo handles a barrage of user feedback
• How Ryo approaches systems thinking at Cursor
• How Ryo unified the core primitives of Cursor’s system
• Laying the foundation for the future of Cursor’s system design
• Inside Ryo’s design process and how he knows what to pursue
• Why Ryo thinks specialization will matter less in an AI-enabled future
• Why Ryo believes the future of interfaces will match how people think
• a lot more