Episode
The PM's Guide to AI Design that isn't Slop
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- The Growth Podcast
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- Jul 9, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 4485
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Summary
Today’s episode Today I’m showing you, advanced Codex workflows with Meng To, founder of Design+Code. He told me early on that he’s barely touched Claude. He’s been living inside Codex every day since launch, running a setup most PMs have never seen up close. Plan mode and a fleet of 20 agents running at once while he steps away from his desk entirely. Slides, charts, and full brainstorms generated inside the same chat window, reviewed, regenerated, and shipped, all without writing a line of code. We also get into something heavier than workflows. Why PMs are losing their jobs to layoffs right now? And how to future proof your career? Don’t miss.... ---- Brought to you by: Arize : Trace, evaluate, and fix your AI agents before broken behavior ships to users ---- If you want access to my AI tool stack - Dovetail, Arize, Linear, Descript, Reforge Build, Relay.app, Magic Patterns, Speechify, Bolt.new and Mobbin - become an annual subscriber ($150), and grab Aakash’s bundle . If you want access to my AI PM customizations - PM OS , Job Search OS , and Prompt Library - become a founding subscriber ($250) . ---- Key Takeaways: 1. Codex is a fleet operator - Meng runs 20 agents at once while stepping away from his desk entirely. Each one works on something different, slides, charts, brainstorms, while he does something else completely. 2. Plan mode isn't optional - Skipping it means paying twice, once to build the wrong thing, once to undo it. Codex returns a full breakdown, architecture, steps, and open questions, before touching anything. 3. A screenshot beats a paragraph every time - It shows the AI what you mean instead of what you think you mean. A simple two-key shortcut drops any window straight into the chat as context. 4. The taste skill is the real differentiator - W…