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• Ryo Lu - Designing the future of Cursor

  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 HCIHow Ryo handles a barrage of user feedbackHow Ryo approaches systems thinking at CursorHow Ryo unified the core primitives of Cursor’s systemLaying the foundation for the future of Cursor’s system designInside Ryo’s design process and how he knows what to pursueWhy Ryo thinks specialization will matter less in an AI-enabled futureWhy Ryo believes the future of interfaces will match how people thinka lot more

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• Julian Lehr - How storytelling works at Linear

  This week's episode is with Julian Lehr who is the storytelling lead at LinearSo we're going to step out of the pixels for this conversation and focus more on how you can get people excited about what you're designing.Because in the age of AI, stories are what makes your product defensible.So we're going to go deep into Julian's creative process and how he kinda thinks of his role more as packaging.Some highlights:Julian’s sources of inspirationUnderstanding Julian’s creative processThe new analogy that Julian is working on for LinearLinear’s strategy for storytelling for their “Agents” releaseThe importance of visual design in copywriting and marketingHow Linear’s in-house creative studio collaborates on storytellingHow Linear evolved from using “opinionated” to “purpose-built” over 3 yearsa lot moreAntimetal websiteArena for inspirationJulian’s websiteLinear’s hands of god visual for Agents release

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• Emmet Connolly - Transitioning into the next era of design

  You probably know Intercom… but did you know they recently incubated a new startup called Fin that has already surpassed the core business?They’ve pulled off a massive transition to an AI-native product and design org so today we’re going behind-the-scenes with their VP of Design Emmet Connolly.Some highlights:Why Emmett believes designers will own the frontendThe opportunity for design systems in an AI-first worldWhat Emmett looks for when hiring designers in the AI eraWhy liquid glass represents the wrong direction for designHow Intercom’s AI product Fin overtook their core businessWhy the start of an S-curve is the best time to be a designerHow AI is flipping the traditional product development processa lot morePlato’s cave analogyOpenAI’s forward deployed engineer roleApple’s liquid glass designFons Mans helped on the design of Fin

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• My playbook for vibe coding💡

  In last week’s episode, the Head of Design at The Browser Company shared a totally new way to think about your portfolio.He says one of the most valuable things you can demonstrate today is the ability to solve real problems with code (no matter how small).I’m literally doing this with a side project right now and I’ve learned a lot so I decided to share my new playbook for vibe coding 👇Teo Connor (VP of Design at Airbnb): https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/air-bnbAlex Schleifer (former Chief Design Offer at Airbnb): https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/alex-schleiferJanum Trivedi (prototyping specialist at Airbnb): https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/janum-trivedi

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• Dustin Senos - Designing Dia (the AI-native web browser)

  Dia from The Browser Company has completely taken over the internet. We’re finally seeing what an AI-native browser can be and it’s pretty exciting :)So this episode is a behind-the-scenes with their Head of Design, Dustin Senos.Some highlights:How to build a product strategy around AIHow The Browser Co approaches prototypingDustin’s perspective on MCP and agentic designHow their definition of “good” evolved from Arc to DiaTheir process for exploring patterns for interacting with AIThe #1 piece of advice Dustin would give younger designersa lot moreWe mentioned Nate Parrott’s episode who was the first design hire at The Browser Company

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