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Max Schoening (Head of Product at Notion) tweeted on 2026-05-05
Brief
Max Schoening, Notion's Head of Product, argues designers should “code” not to ship production PRs but to deeply understand the medium and build agent loops — the only way to interrogate the material. Lenny Rachitsky’s 2026-05-05 conversation with Schoening covers AI adoption, agency vs. skills, his “tiny core” theory, and product-quality gaps.
Why it matters
Max Schoening (Head of Product at Notion) tweeted on 2026-05-05: “I actually don't care at all whether designers write code that lands in production.” He said he values designers who think in code because building in code forces interrogation of the material and is the only way to understand agent loops.
Key details
- Lenny Rachitsky promoted an in-depth conversation with Schoening, noting Schoening's background (Notion Head of Product; former VP Design & part-time engineer at GitHub; head of design at Heroku; PM at Google; 2x founder) and that the interview covers AI adoption, agency vs. skills, his “tiny core” product theory (iPhone multitouch, GitHub pull request, Dropbox menu bar icon), and why the first 10% of projects is now “free.”