The video showcases a live coding session using Cursor’s new, unreleased product to build a local-first, family-oriented application designed to store and manage quotes from children. The hosts discuss the challenges of storing kids’ quotes in inconvenient formats like Google Keep and express concerns about relying on cloud services that may discontinue support. They decide to create an app that allows users to store quotes, dialogues, and contextual notes about their children, with features such as profiles including names, birthdates, and profile pictures. The app is designed to be mobile-first, self-hosted, and privacy-focused, using Go and Datastar for backend and live reloading capabilities.
Throughout the session, the team iteratively plans and codes the application, emphasizing user experience and interface design. They explore various UI elements such as toasts for notifications, dynamic lists for dialogues, and profile management. The discussion includes detailed considerations about how to handle multi-person dialogues, selecting primary speakers, and managing timestamps for quotes. They also debate the best ways to represent data in SQLite, opting for JSON blobs to simplify handling complex dialogue structures. The team frequently adjusts the UI based on usability feedback, aiming for a clean, mobile-friendly design that feels natural for family use.
The hosts highlight the power of Cursor’s new product, which integrates AI agents capable of generating code, managing UI components, and even running cloud-based development environments. They demonstrate how the tool can refactor code, rename entities (e.g., changing “profiles” to “people”), and handle CSS styling with modern features like CSS layers. The product supports multi-project workflows and live collaboration, allowing the team to rapidly prototype and iterate on the app. Despite some bugs and alpha-stage limitations, the tool significantly accelerates development and reduces the friction typically associated with UI and backend coding.
A significant portion of the video is dedicated to discussing the user interface and experience, including how to handle navigation, form validation, and feedback mechanisms like toast notifications. The team experiments with iconography, layout adjustments, and interaction patterns such as swipe gestures for selecting primary quotes. They also consider accessibility and keyboard usability, especially given the mobile-first approach. The conversation touches on the importance of minimalism and clarity in design, avoiding clutter and unnecessary text, and ensuring that the app feels intuitive for non-technical users like the product manager, who represents the target audience.
Towards the end, the team reflects on the broader implications of using AI-driven development tools like Cursor. They discuss the challenges of managing multiple agents working on different parts of a project, version control complexities, and the balance between rapid iteration and maintaining code quality. The video concludes with a demonstration of Cursor’s cloud agents onboarding process and a preview of future collaborative features. The hosts express enthusiasm for the product’s potential to transform software development, especially for internal tools and personalized applications, while acknowledging that the product is still in alpha and subject to change.
