How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code | Zevi Arnovitz
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Product manager Zevi Arnovitz ships products without knowing how to write code or review code. Zero technical background, did music in high school. When Sonnet 3.5 came out, watched YouTube video building apps using Bolt or Lovable—felt like gaining superpowers. Now uses Cursor with Claude Code. For non-technical people, code is terrifying, but AI makes it possible. In coming years, everyone will become a builder; titles and responsibilities will collapse.
Main challenge: reviewing AI-written code. Uses /review to have Claude review its own code. Also opens Codex and Cursor to have each review the code. Quote: "It's not that you will be replaced by AI. You'll be replaced by someone who's better at using AI than you." Best time to be a junior—can build a startup right out of school.
Zevi is PM at Meta, previously at Wix. Non-technical, young, ambitious; uses Cursor and Claude Code to build significant real products alone. Created clever workflow everyone can copy. Download prompts and /commands from show notes top.
Workflow: work with Cursor to add ideas to Linear, explore with AI, develop plan, build, have LLMs review code, update documentation, use as learning opportunity.
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