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The non-technical PM’s guide to building with Cursor | Zevi Arnovitz (Meta)

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lennysnewsletter.com
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Lenny Rachitsky
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Context

AI-generated code still needs a process for resolving defects and conflicting feedback. Product manager Zevi Arnovitz describes testing the app manually first, then asking several AI systems to review the code. He returns their findings to the leading implementation and asks it to fix valid issues or explain why a criticism is mistaken. The extra reviews supply challenges to investigate, while manual testing checks the behavior he can observe. His workflow gives a builder with limited coding experience several opportunities to catch problems, without establishing that model agreement proves correctness.

Terms in this piece · Glossary
  • AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Key quotes

“It basically felt like someone came up to me and said, you have superpowers now.”

Zevi Arnovitz

“If you're non-technical, like me, code is terrifying, but AI just makes so much possible.”

Zevi Arnovitz

“It's not that you will be replaced by AI, you'll be replaced by someone who's better at using AI than you.”

Zevi Arnovitz

“I think titles are gonna collapse and responsibilities are gonna collapse and everyone's just gonna be building.”

Zevi Arnovitz

“I've learned over time that updating documentation and tooling is one of the biggest hacks for productivity.”

Zevi Arnovitz
Chapters
  • 00:00Introduction to Zevi Arnovitz
  • 04:48Zevi's background and journey into AI
  • 07:41Overview of Zevi's AI workflow
  • 14:41Screenshare: Exploring Zevi's workflow in detail
  • 17:18Building a feature live: StudyMate app
  • 30:52Executing the plan with Cursor
  • 38:32Using multiple AI models for code review
  • 40:40Personifying AI models
  • 43:37Peer review process
  • 45:40The importance of postmortems
  • 51:05Integrating AI in large companies
  • 53:42How AI has impacted the PM role
  • 57:02How to improve AI outputs
  • 58:15AI-assisted job interviews
  • 01:02:57Failure corner
  • 01:06:20Lightning round and final thoughts
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