Lovable is in the air

During these holidays I worked on a couple of personal projects vibe-coded with Lovable without writing a single line of code. Here are some technical details

Out of the box (literally no setup)

Responsive design thanks to Tailwind CSS, natively integrated Full authentication (email/password), relational database, file storage, automatic emails, all powered by Supabase Hosting and deploy already included

Custom integrations:

EASY (worked at first try)

PWA: installable on smartphones like a native app Stripe Payments: setup was surprisingly easy, almost shocking

INTERMEDIATE (needed a few attempts)

Google SSO: Clerk (recommended by Lovable) didn’t work? so I asked Lovable to generate a direct Google Auth integration Resend as SMTP: to manage multilingual emails, custom sender, and tracking (features missing in Supabase)

COMPLEX (multiple attempts + some swearing)

Cloudinary: advanced video hosting and delivery (adaptive streaming, automatic format conversion, analytics?) impossible to get with just Supabase buckets i18next for multilingual (IT/EN): not hard by itself, but doing it after finishing the app was like translating a book after printing it. Lots of work to catch every single string

The takeaway Lovable handles the structure and logic, but complex integrations still require a mix of skills: not coding, but problem-solving, proper configuration, and debugging.

And one more thing? I also tried converting one ot the two apps into a real mobile app. I exported the source code, asked Cursor to implement Capacitor (Ionic), and with a few more prompts I ended up with an iOS version ready for App Store submission. All of this? still without writing a single line of code.

Links to the project coming soon.