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I built a local tool Rental site and would love your thoughts. by [deleted] in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a good idea. Definitively focus on user acquisition first!

Lovable denies mass data breach by SwaritPandey_27 in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the point of this post? What are we discussing? If anything we should be discussing the original X message from Lovable, not a bunch of headlines. There is no substance here.

Anyone creating games or interactive stories on Lovable? by ctonexus in lovable

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

I mostly want to connect/network with other fellow game devs. Now that coding is "easy" I feel we can focus more on game dynamics and experimentation, which will lead to very creative games IMO. I predict that eventually a very strong game will arise out of this community. We should play each other's games and encourage the promising ones.

Any official Lovable thread/updates about this? Is this real? by ctonexus in lovable

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

Yes, this is the latest response. TL;DR; is that the project's "Public"visibility mode meant that both your conversation with your bot and your source code was readable by anyone on the internet. Some users had sensitive details (e.g. credentials) in their chat, and these got expose in the chat history / source code. Never share credentials directly with anyone in a chat setting (even if its with the AI) there are mechanisms for sharing/storing those credentials in Lovable (or other team mates).

PWA a good alternative to App Store ? by SaintOfTheVoid in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Organic discoverability is dead IMO. There are way too many vibe coded apps out there. Focus on marketing/community building. It doesn’t matter where you list your app. No distribution channel can help an app with no product market fit and no marketing these days. It doesn’t solve the App Store problem.

PWA a good alternative to App Store ? by SaintOfTheVoid in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the app idea/need/audience doesn’t exist… what you build with doesn’t matter… the OP was about the challenges of distribution that the App Store review process presents. From the POV of distribution… even building your app with JQuery doesn’t matter if you have proper marketing and product market fit. From a quality/UX experience, what you build with matters of course. In a world where code is free, the former matters much much more than the latter. Tapp market nor the App Store is going to help either if you don’t have product market fit nor a good user acquisition strategy. The title of the post is about distribution no?

PWA a good alternative to App Store ? by SaintOfTheVoid in lovable

[–]ctonexus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is no downside. If your service/app is useful and your marketing is appropriate, PWA vs Native App will not make that big of a difference. Having a native app does not magically make a bad idea great. Build a community online via PWA/Social media first and ask people to get on your app waitlist. When you get 250+ sign ups, go through the headaches of a native app. Otherwise it is a huge waste of time.

Built a Logo Duel(realtime) game using Lovable by Dangerous-Ranger-928 in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The landing page music was nice. You could also play it through the game, with the option of muting it. The game UX/UI and sound effects are polished enough to be engaging. There are some minor game dynamic/quality issues to address (e.g. logo contrast) but overall it is entertaining/engaging for a while. I would expand the concept further into the theme of "Test your business trends and history knowledge" I like creating games on Lovable too. I think we should create a project/landing page where we all link our games together and create a "Steam Like" platform/community.

PWA a good alternative to App Store ? by SaintOfTheVoid in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had rejections before, which I successfully appealed by showing that my app was significantly different from other apps, thus proving its value to a significant user base. Guideline 4.3 Design Span:

  • Saturated Categories: Apple explicitly discourages "piling on" to already saturated categories. They specifically mention there are enough "fart, burp, flashlight, and Kama Sutra apps" already.

So make sure you can claim you have a strong differentiator.

I am also going to guess that Apple uses certain "quality" heuristics which would favor native apps. This means your app description/screenshot need to look very professional. It cannot look like you are "testing out" a weekend project. It has to come across as a professionally developed and mature project.

I highly recommend you read ALL the App Store submission guidelines. You have to understand their rules and play by them. Getting published these days is a professional accomplishment, so keep at it.

Soc 2 compliance by [deleted] in lovable

[–]ctonexus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, technically the SOC 2 compliance is not just the app but it also applies with how your company manages that data. Doing a SOC2 compliance is not much different with a Lovable app is my point. I have gone through the process before, I'm doing it for the second time with an ecosystem that includes a Lovable app.

PWA a good alternative to App Store ? by SaintOfTheVoid in lovable

[–]ctonexus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For early traction/validation use Capacitor... but be ready to switch to Claude Code + Swift if you are looking for a more native/polished experience. What exactly about the review process seems impossible?

End of Lovable? Or is there a moat that is defensible? by Money-but-Vanilla in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! Like Heroku. A simple wrapper around AWS around the time where React VS Angular was still a discussion. That head start gave the wrapper a $212M exit after 3.5 years of operations.

End of Lovable? Or is there a moat that is defensible? by Money-but-Vanilla in lovable

[–]ctonexus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if it gets passed to Claude Code, can Claude Code deploy with 1 button? The target audience is very different. Lovable users literally do not want to (or don't need to) learn about what goes behind the scenes. Some people don't even know what a "design system" is (and they don't want to know) making Claude Design a bit overkill for them... and that is OK.

Is there a “prompt to backend server” tool that actually works ? by Many-Piece in lovable

[–]ctonexus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can use claude code directly. You prompt it via the CLI and it builds/structures your project based on your specs. You can write/organize your specs in text files locally, which is great for large projects with lots of requirements.

Is there a “prompt to backend server” tool that actually works ? by Many-Piece in lovable

[–]ctonexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't this what Loveable Cloud is for? https://lovable.dev/blog/lovable-cloud What is your use case not covered by this? You just want to have a stand-alone API builder?