{"id":49739,"date":"2026-04-29T08:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/a-cursor-developer-says-engineers-need-to-set-clear-expectations-as-ai-lets-product-managers-build-prototypes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:11:16","slug":"a-cursor-developer-says-engineers-need-to-set-clear-expectations-as-ai-lets-product-managers-build-prototypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/a-cursor-developer-says-engineers-need-to-set-clear-expectations-as-ai-lets-product-managers-build-prototypes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cursor developer says engineers need to set &#8216;clear expectations&#8217; as AI lets product managers build prototypes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69f190f93b4f7c3af2b7aec8?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Cursor logo\"\/><figcaption>Eric Zakariasson, an engineer at Cursor, said that AI is enabling product managers to build prototypes more easily.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Boivin\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A Cursor engineer says AI tools let product managers build prototypes without backend systems.<\/li>\n<li>But engineers should set &quot;clear expectations&quot; to improve the workflow, says Eric Zakariasson.<\/li>\n<li>His comments come as the role of product managers and engineers shifts in the AI era.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While product managers are spinning up prototypes with AI-assisted coding tools, engineers are left to make them production-ready.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Zakariasson, an engineer at Cursor who focuses on developer experience and product, said at the AI Engineer Europe 2026 conference in a recording published Tuesday that setting &quot;clear expectations&quot; between engineering and product teams could help smooth workflows.<\/p>\n<p>That includes defining &quot;what engineers kind of want from the product organization and what&#039;s most helpful for them,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Maybe not vibe coding complete SaaS products is the most efficient thing,&quot; he added, referring to fully functioning apps.<\/p>\n<p>Zakariasson said product managers can now create interactive prototypes without touching backend systems using AI-assisted coding tools.<\/p>\n<p>Those prototypes can show how a product should behave \u2014 what happens when a user clicks a button or submits a form. However, these products don&#039;t need to be fully working, &quot;just enough, to like, your engineers can understand,&quot; Zakariasson said.<\/p>\n<h2>Product managers become AI builders<\/h2>\n<p>Product managers are increasingly expected to build their own prototypes, experimenting with vibe coding as the lines between product and engineering blur.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider reported in February that some Meta product managers have started calling themselves &quot;AI builders,&quot; reflecting how AI coding tools are expanding who can build software inside the company.<\/p>\n<p>This shift also comes from a broader leadership push. During Meta&#039;s Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said AI tools would fundamentally change how work gets done across the company in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#039;re investing in AI-native tooling, so individuals at Meta can get more done,&quot; Zuckerberg said. &quot;We&#039;re elevating individual contributors and flattening teams. We&#039;re starting to see projects that used to require big teams now be accomplished by a single very talented person.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Other companies are also rethinking traditional roles. Last year, LinkedIn said it would scrap its associate product manager program and replace it with training focused on coding, design, and end-to-end product development.<\/p>\n<p>While AI tools are changing what product managers can do, some engineers say AI-assisted coding is making their jobs more demanding.<\/p>\n<p>Siddhant Khare, a software engineer at ONA, told Business Insider in February that although AI has boosted his productivity, it has also changed the nature of his work.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We used to call it an engineer, now it is like a reviewer,&quot; Khare said. &quot;It feels like you are a judge at an assembly line and that assembly line is never-ending, you just keep stamping those PRs,&quot; he added, referring to AI-generated code changes.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Zakariasson, an engineer at Cursor, said that AI is enabling product managers to build prototypes more easily. Samuel Boivin\/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Cursor engineer says AI tools let product managers build prototypes without backend systems. But engineers should set &quot;clear expectations&quot; to improve the workflow, says Eric Zakariasson. 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