<p>As the head of design at Cursor, Ryo is at the cutting edge of designers who ship code instead of mocks. He showed me how he built a retro OS with AI and did a live demo of adding a new feature using Cursor’s new agent mode. We also covered how to avoid AI design slop and how the Cursor team reached $29B valuation without full-time PMs.</p><p><br></p><p>Ryo and I talked about:</p><p>(00:00) Why designers should go directly to code</p><p>(02:06) Building a retro calculator app in one shot with plan mode</p><p>(08:04) How Ryo manages multiple AI agents at once in Cursor</p><p>(15:18) How Cursor builds without PMs and who does the PM work instead</p><p>(16:43) How to avoid creating purple AI design slop (it’s not prompting)</p><p>(20:01) Inside RyOS: A beautiful retro operating system built with AI</p><p>(30:22) How to turn vague ideas into detailed specs with Cursor</p><p>(37:47) The fastest way for PMs and designers to learn Cursor</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to our sponsors:</p><p>Reforge: AI prototyping tool for product builders - https://reforge.com/peter</p><p>Linear: The best platform for AI agents - https://linear.app/partners/behind-the-craft</p><p><br></p><p>Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/design-to-code-with-cursor-head-of-design-ryo-luWhere to find Rio:</p><p>X: https://x.com/ryolu_</p><p>Website: https://ryo.lu/</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!</p>