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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What they believe
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The danger of AI is not that it makes us lazy but that it makes us endlessly busy.
the danger is that ai makes us endlessly busy
ryo.luSaid 24 Sept 2026This on korrents
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Pure customer-centricity falls short: user feedback shows where the friction is but rarely what the underlying system should be.
this 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.
ryo.luSaid 30 Apr 2026This on korrents
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Beliefs
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The danger of AI is not that it makes us lazy but that it makes us endlessly busy.
the danger is that ai makes us endlessly busy
efficiency, productivity, speed Said 24 Sept 2026
Pure customer-centricity falls short: user feedback shows where the friction is but rarely what the underlying system should be.
this 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.
no opinion is opinionated Said 30 Apr 2026
As AI gets more powerful, keeping its work visible ("glass") matters more.
as AI gets more powerful, glass gets more important.
glass vs. black box Said 3 Apr 2026
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AI cannot save you from unclear thinking; it only makes unclear thinking run faster.
ai can't save you from unclear thinking – it just makes unclear thinking run faster.
software is still about thinking Said 4 Feb 2026
Most products die from accumulation, not from missing features.
most products don't die from missing features. they die from accumulation.
on subtraction Said 26 Jan 2026
With AI, the constraint on making software has shifted from technical ability to clarity of intention.
the constraint shifted from technical ability to clarity of intention.
the software renaissance Said 5 Jan 2026
Consistency means a system has coherent rules within itself; uniformity means everything looks the same regardless of context.
consistency means your system has coherent rules within itself. uniformity means everything looks the same regardless of context.
consistency ≠ uniformity Said 4 Dec 2025
AI is a mirror and a multiplier: it makes a generic person more generic and an exceptional person who knows their strengths unstoppable.
ai 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.
ai is a mirror Said 14 Nov 2025
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Where they publish
Blog ryo.lu journal His journal of short notes on design, software and AI.
Short lowercase notes, many a few paragraphs, posted every few days; also in Japanese and Chinese.
Link verified 11 Oct 2026.
x.com @ryolu_ His X account.
GitHub ryokun6 His GitHub account.
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