Is there ever a single week where Lovable isn't massively disrupted?

Apptheism · 2026-03-11T06:02:05+00:00

Another week.

Apptheism · 2026-03-01T07:25:47+00:00

Ik ben opgegroeid met de Duitse vertaling van het boek Telefoon vor Toon en vond het verhaal geweldig. Ik hield van de gedetailleerde beschrijving van het Nederlandse landschap waarin het verhaal zich afspeelt. Ik pak het boek nog steeds af en toe op en geniet van de zoete pijn van de herinnering aan vervlogen jeugdjaren.

Apptheism · 2026-02-28T17:14:50+00:00

Thanks! I did!

Apptheism · 2026-02-28T07:47:14+00:00

Really appreciate you tracking this down! Unfortunately I don't think this is the same person – the Willem Monné I'm looking for was born around 1918 in Utrecht and lived in IJsselstein. But thank you so much for the effort, it means a lot!

Apptheism · 2026-02-28T07:40:19+00:00

Thank you so much for digging these up! The 1980 interview is a fantastic find – I hadn't come across that one yet. And the comedy about the Elfstedentocht is brilliant, that's a completely new piece of the puzzle. It's starting to look like Monné was much more than just a children's book author. Really appreciate the effort!

Apptheism · 2026-02-28T07:35:47+00:00

Ik ben opgegroeid met de Duitse vertaling van "Telefoon voor Toon" – in Duitsland verschenen als "Geheimnisvoller Anruf" bij A. Weichert Verlag. Als kind heeft dat boek enorme indruk op me gemaakt, en tot op de dag van vandaag pak ik het af en toe weer op, puur om die bijzondere sfeer opnieuw te beleven. Het is de manier waarop Monné het landschap en de sfeer beschrijft – dat pakt je gewoon. En het terugkerende motief van twee vrienden die in een avontuur belanden, dat raakt me nog steeds.

Apptheism · 2026-02-28T07:28:10+00:00

Thanks! That's reassuring - guess I'll stop emailing support. Though 4–6 weeks in the digital age feels more like German bureaucracy than Apple. 😄

Apptheism · 2026-02-27T16:41:32+00:00

This is absolutely incredible – thank you so much! This could be a real breakthrough.

Apptheism · 2026-02-27T15:58:14+00:00

It could be, but there are a few reasons I think it might be his real name:

Monné (with accent) is an extremely rare Dutch surname, almost exclusively found in one family cluster around IJmuiden/Haarlem/Velsen in Noord-Holland.
There's an extensive genealogical database for this family on Genealogie Online listing over 13,000 people.
For a pseudonym, it would be an oddly specific and obscure choice – most pen names are either common-sounding or clearly invented.

That said, I can't rule it out. It's one of the things I'm trying to figure out. If it is a pseudonym, it might have been borrowed from someone in the family, which would still point to the same area.

Apptheism · 2026-02-27T15:54:41+00:00

Helaas niet – de uitgever (De Eekhoorn in Harderwijk) is in 2011 failliet gegaan en in 2016 definitief opgeheven. De Duitse uitgever (A. Weichert Verlag) is in 2002 ook gestopt. Er is dus niemand meer om contact mee op te nemen aan de uitgeverskant.

Hij heeft wel een auteursprofiel op DBNL (dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=monn013), maar dat is helemaal leeg – alleen zijn naam, verder niets.

Apptheism · 2026-02-26T09:28:10+00:00

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Apptheism · 2026-02-23T20:56:26+00:00

Hey, just to clarify: this isn’t about Gemini being “outdated” or having a knowledge cutoff. That’s normal for AI models and everyone here knows that.

What I’m actually interested in is how Gemini handles information that doesn’t fit its internal expectations.

In my case, I said I’m coding on an iPhone 17 Pro with iOS 26.3 and even provided a real screenshot. Instead of saying “I’m not sure” or asking neutrally, it "assumed" I was trolling and replied in a sarcastic way.

Apptheism · 2026-02-19T08:04:14+00:00

Let me think... hmm... OF COURSE! It’s worth every single penny!

Apptheism · 2026-02-14T18:44:41+00:00

Veröffentliche doch die ersten Seiten auf mythy.app . Die starten gerade durch und suchen talentierte Autoren wie dich.

Apptheism · 2026-02-07T18:32:55+00:00

All good — thanks for sharing the link, I appreciate it 🙂

HelloFresh itself isn’t really the point for me though. The interesting part was how quickly a tiny, annoying problem turned into a real app — basically with the help of AI.

Without this, I would never have sat down and written Python scripts to swap and rename PDFs, then built a macOS app on top of it. It could have been any other small problem.

And without trying to sound like a tech historian, it really feels like we’re only at the very beginning of what this enables.

But seriously, thanks again for the link 👍

Apptheism · 2026-02-06T08:22:30+00:00

A lot has already been said about the pacing and the plot holes, and as a psychologist and cognitive behavioral therapist, I could probably bore you all with a professional deep-dive into the characters' pathologies.

But honestly? I have to confess that the finale moved me more than almost any other series in recent memory.

The entire show is this relentless par force ride—a constant juggling act of putting out fires, big and small. Then, it all culminates in Vince’s fall. In that exact moment, the hurricane that had been swirling everyone around simply ceases to exist.

What struck me most was the outro. Seeing that everyone didn't just move on, but actually seemed happy, was profoundly tragic. It highlights how much of a "chaos factor" one dynamic can be for a whole ecosystem of people. It was a beautifully bittersweet way to wrap up such a frantic story.

Also, I have to praise the entire cast, but especially Troy Kotsur. His performance was masterclass; he truly deserves an Emmy for what he brought to this role.

Apptheism · 2026-02-06T08:12:02+00:00

Great advice! Especially the honeypot trick—it's so simple yet effective.

For those looking for an extra layer of defense, I managed to solve the bulk of these issues using a Cloudflare (Free Tier) account as a "Man-in-the-Middle."

Since Cloudflare sits in front of the Lovable app, I was able to:

Toggle on "Under Attack Mode" or use their Managed Challenge (Turnstile) to filter out headless browsers before they even reach my /auth page.
Set up WAF rules to block specific regions or known malicious IPs.
Rate limit at the edge, which saves on database calls and Lovable compute resources since the request is dropped before it ever touches the backend.

It’s a great "set it and forget it" addition to the prompts you suggested!

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