Your AI-Generated App Works in Demo Mode. Real Users Will Break It in 48 Hours.

Usually, yes. Lovable generates clean React with Supabase, which gives us a solid foundation to work from. We audit every file and only rewrite what's actually broken. Most Lovable projects need 30-40% refactoring, not a full rewrite. The Zod validation and react-hook-form patterns it generates are typically fine -- it's the state management, auth flows, and missing RLS policies where things fall apart.

Bolt degrades after roughly 15-20 components. It starts forgetting established conventions, duplicates logic, and introduces naming inconsistencies. Better prompts won't fix this -- it's a fundamental limitation of the context window. We restructure the codebase into proper feature modules so both human developers and AI assistants can maintain it going forward.

No, not without a manual audit. All three platforms -- Lovable, Bolt, and v0 -- can produce code with real security issues. Exposed API keys, missing RLS policies, unvalidated user inputs, broken auth flows -- we see these regularly. We run automated scanning and manual penetration testing before anything goes to production.

A standard audit runs 3-4 weeks from repo access to production deployment. Week one: triage and security fixes. Week two: architecture restructuring. Week three: tests and performance work. Week four: deployment pipeline and documentation. Apps with multiple integrations may need 5-6 weeks.

Absolutely. The 30% AI builders consistently miss includes custom business logic, complex third-party integrations, proper role-based access control, real-time features, payment processing, and error handling that accounts for edge cases. These require human judgment that prompt-based tools just don't have.

It depends on your team. Lovable works best for non-technical founders who need a full-stack prototype fast. Bolt suits experienced developers who want IDE-level control. v0 produces the best UI components but leaves everything else to you. Most successful projects combine tools -- prototype in Lovable, then bring us in to ship to production.