This is crazy. Do people still use Lovable, I know they were super popular before Codex/Claude Code, but since then, I feel most people (even non-engineers from what I seen) have moved to these tools. Is Lovable still the easiest way to get an site/app going?

And as a side note, what are people's thought on the best coding agent for frontend dev?

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willnz 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, I used Claude Code a lot, but Lovable is the fastest way to get a log-in system and database, so a great option for a true MVP.

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doener 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, I use it actually for something very unsual (I guess): Vibe coding a classic Point & Click adventure. Only in German so far and very early in development:

https://schmerz-radio.com/

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pkaye 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That looks pretty good. How did you do the graphics?

	▲	doener 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you! I just prompt them. :D My visual model is mostly Unavowed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/336140/Unavowed/

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doublerabbit 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hmm, bug maybe? The page rotates horizontally and if I rotate the iPhone horizontally it zooms in large and the spiel button disappears. Nor can I scroll or zoom.

If I enter the game and rotate my phone horizontally it kicks me back to the front page.

	▲	doener 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you! I did not put much effort into mobile optimized so far. The game is clearly meant to be played on a Desktop computer.

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chrisweekly 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I recently^1 came across an analysis of no-code tools/platforms vs AI IDEs / Harnesses, and their relative usage and trajectories, and it looked pretty dismal for nocode.

1. I'll edit or reply to my comment if I get a sec to dig up the URL.

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GenerWork 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I actually do know someone who's building a small community with Lovable. It's not a big community and he's still figuring out how to/if he wants to monetize it, but it's all done via Lovable.

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skeeter2020 5 hours ago | parent [-]

>> and he's still figuring out how to/if he wants to monetize it

that implies that he's probably not paying for Lovable, and thus their 13B+ valuation is built on influencers and eyeballs?

	▲	whoamii 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Welcome to the stock market.

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igravious 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have genuinely never heard of Lovable and I thought I was relatively plugged in to the tech zeitgeist :/

Maybe I'm too much of a CLI guy (always preferred Vim & co. to Rubymine/VS Code/etc)

	▲	dgellow 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was one of the earliest “create a whole web app from a prompt” type of product IIRC. The space is now more than crowded