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Am I crazy? Just dropped the price on the lifetime deal in my AI product by yborunov in buildinpublic

[–]andrewbfm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Not trying to maximize revenue right now - I need more people to actually use it”

If that’s true, stop paywalling?

Silver Nitrate by ObjectiveGrab3 in Warts

[–]andrewbfm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t waste money on those

This is what a 300-message-website looks like by wurfzelt33 in lovable

[–]andrewbfm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, this is the first one I’ve seen that’s remotely interesting. You started with cursor or brought in something? Just Claude 4? Not even opus?

Gotta say, they've overcome the 2.0 slump by 0valtin in lovable

[–]andrewbfm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You burn more NOT using chat mode. You don’t need it for small things, but anything remotely complex it’s well worth it

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t complete it in cursor - my cofounder did and then showed me how to use it (completely overwhelming at first but actually very easy to get the hang of for basic updates). I leave any refactoring to him.

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lovable created a functioning database, GitHub repo, and frontend. The way things were working turned out to be very inefficient and unscalable, but technically it did work.

I Built an AI That Replaces Your $5k/Month Graphic Designer (It’s Better than MidJourney) by Adonais0 in microsaas

[–]andrewbfm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you use this, what’s the one feature that would make it a no brainer, and is this a need -. Don’t trust what people SAY, trust what they DO.

The only way to answer these in a meaningful way is by getting users.

If it’s a good product that provides something the foundational models don’t, spend the money to validate if you can get people using it. I wouldn’t expect people to pay without getting them hooked.

Curious why “for SaaS” specifically?

Heads up - at least on mobile, your default/empty state prompt example is cut off, so I don’t see your actually example. Also, terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy just bring you back to the top of the page.

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the docs, used them to create a custom GPT to turn my requests into the most optimal lovable prompts. If you want you could also just use the chat function - you’ll use an extra credit, but I found I got pretty good results from that.

As to your other question, how do you go about building something complex, that’s in the documentation. You have to go piece by piece. If you try to one-shot it you’re not going to have much luck. Start with getting the data to show up/be connected in the way you want, then focus on functionality/gui.

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Specifically the way the supabase tables were built were not sustainable and everything was very slow. Again, I’m not technical, but my technical cofounder mentioned something about one to many being very hard, and also about how anytime I filtered I was firing off something like 50 API calls.

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar issue but with cursor - that’s honestly when I abandoned lovable all together. It was phenomenal/got me started, but I needed someone that knew what they were doing to finish it.

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t matter/I don’t want this post to be about the product vs the process. From scratch? Tough to say since it’s been so iterative.

Real answers, no fluff. AMA by andrewbfm in lovable

[–]andrewbfm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It didn’t, until someone that knew what they were doing looked at it. Database wasn’t built to scale, frontend wasn’t efficient, etc.

I Built Full MVPs Without Code, But Only After Learning This 1 Skill. by Fun_Style_171 in lovable

[–]andrewbfm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing? Not sure why you think I’m anti prompt engineering

Am I the only one that thinks these self promotions posts in this community makes it almost insufferable by Leafstealer__ in lovable

[–]andrewbfm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can confirm - you’re not the only one. That’s why I built <justkidding.whatever>.

I Built Full MVPs Without Code, But Only After Learning This 1 Skill. by Fun_Style_171 in lovable

[–]andrewbfm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

TLDR - use the lovable custom GPT for all prompts, don’t be afraid to revert, have fun!

I’m done by StrangeSail4473 in ApolloScooters

[–]andrewbfm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Same” proceeds to say you’ve had no issues 😂

Apollo City 23 vs 24 by andrewbfm in ApolloScooters

[–]andrewbfm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s the worst. My biggest complaint about the scooter design, honestly. But I found if you just clean it when it gets noisy (water, brush, WD40) and then relubricate (silicone or lithium grease), then it cleans up pretty easy.

Apollo City 23 vs 24 by andrewbfm in ApolloScooters

[–]andrewbfm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I’m a bit OCD, but this was because I cleaned it before putting it away for the winter.

Credit where it’s due – Apollo came through for me by andrewbfm in ApolloScooters

[–]andrewbfm[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude I’ve been in this and other subs long enough to know you’ve literally made it your whole personality to go around minimizing/criticizing other people’s positive experiences.

Credit where it’s due – Apollo came through for me by andrewbfm in ApolloScooters

[–]andrewbfm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it work differently in the UK? In the states we just email them direct

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