Ryo Lu
Head of design at Cursor from 2025 to August 2026; five years at Notion before that. Writes a journal at ryo.lu.
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Their wordsthe danger is that ai makes us endlessly busy
- 5 months earlier
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Their wordsthis is also why pure customer-centricity falls short. user feedback tells you where friction is. it rarely tells you what the underlying system should be.
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Their wordsas AI gets more powerful, glass gets more important.
- 8 weeks earlier
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Their wordsai can't save you from unclear thinking – it just makes unclear thinking run faster.
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Their wordsmost products don't die from missing features. they die from accumulation.
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsthe constraint shifted from technical ability to clarity of intention.
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsconsistency means your system has coherent rules within itself. uniformity means everything looks the same regardless of context.
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Their wordsai is a mirror and a multiplier. if you're generic, it makes you more generic. if you're exceptional and know your strengths, it makes you unstoppable.