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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A product that looks like Cursor will feel like Cursor and attract the same users, and the rest of the market will stay away because of that perception. A product that looks like Cursor will feellike Cursor and attract the same users,and the rest of the market will stay awaybecause of that perception. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cursor has chosen to be for programmers, and that choice may limit how far it gets as agent surfaces become general work environments. — tap to centre the map on it Cursor has chosen to be forprogrammers, and that choice maylimit how far it gets as agentsurfaces become general workenvironments. Last stated 4 months ago 24 May 2026 DS Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: There are probably no two designers on Cursor's design team with the same process and the same use of tools. — tap to centre the map on it There are probably no two designerson Cursor's design team with thesame process and the same use oftools. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Small details add up: people who are not attuned to design still sense a product's overall polish. — tap to centre the map on it Small details add up: people who arenot attuned to design still sense aproduct's overall polish. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI product that adds a tab for each new form factor is shipping its org chart, and users seem to be reacting negatively to it. — tap to centre the map on it An AI product that adds a tab foreach new form factor is shipping itsorg chart, and users seem to bereacting negatively to it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely. — tap to centre the map on it Reaching product-market fit requiresdeliberately not acting on thefeedback of many of your earlyusers, at the same time as listeningintensely. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-built products look very similar because the tools are all trained on the same material. — tap to centre the map on it AI-built products look very similarbecause the tools are all trained onthe same material. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 RG Ron Goldin — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ignore both the users who love your product and the ones who are indifferent to it; the only feedback that raises product-market fit comes from the somewhat disappointed. — tap to centre the map on it Ignore both the users who love yourproduct and the ones who areindifferent to it; the only feedbackthat raises product-market fit comesfrom the somewhat disappointed. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cursor still believes very strongly in user research and data-informed decisions, and uses a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data to inform the roadmap. — tap to centre the map on it Cursor still believes very stronglyin user research and data-informeddecisions, and uses a wide range ofquantitative and qualitative data toinform the roadmap. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 5 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated yesterday 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A product that looks like Cursor will feel like Cursor and attract the same users, and the rest of the market will stay away because of that perception. Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · a month ago Holds John Bai Read this korrent →