YouTube16 Nov 2025

Full Tutorial: Design to Code in 45 Min with Cursor's Head of Design | Ryo Lu

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Peter Yang

In this interview, Peter Yang speaks with Ryo Lu, the head of design at Cursor, about Ryo's personal operating system, Ryo OS, which he built using Cursor and AI. Ryo demonstrates how to add a new feature to the OS using Cursor without Figma, focusing on the "plan mode" feature that helps users think, plan, and ideate at a higher level. They discuss how Cursor is used for documentation and bug fixing, the evolution of Cursor's interface, and the team's approach to product development, which involves dogfooding and responding to user feedback. Ryo shares his design philosophy, emphasizing simplicity and flexibility, and offers advice to designers looking to integrate coding into their workflow.

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