So there I was, chilling with my friend on the last weekend before Valentine’s Day, flexing what Lovable can do like some kind of tech wizard. Little did I know, we were about to embark on a caffeine-fueled journey of creation, chaos, and questionable Reddit posting decisions.
Spoiler alert: We built 3 fully functioning apps, integrated payments, got blocked by Razorpay, and learned that the internet really hates the generic domain. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Project #1: Lovelink
It started innocently enough. “You know what’s trending?” my friend asked. “Those ‘Will You Be My Valentine?’ websites.”
“Say no more.”
We dove into Lovable with a simple mission: create a website maker platform for Valentine’s Day sites with custom URLs. Because nothing says romance like a uniquely generated web address, am I right?
The concept was beautifully simple: what if people could make custom websites asking their crush to be their valentine? Groundbreaking? No. Adorable? Absolutely.
I dove into GitHub like a digital archaeologist, found some valentine templates, and told Lovable to get inspired by them and create a website builder. The AI gods smiled upon us, and within couple hours we had:
- Multiple themes (because one is never enough)
- Cosmetic changes that made it look fancy
- An “asking out” form for after your valentine says yes (optimistic, I know)
- The pièce de résistance: Personal photo uploads for maximum emotional damage
With our masterpiece complete, it was time to unleash it upon the world. I went full guerrilla marketing mode on Reddit.
Most posts got yeeted by moderators faster than you can say “self-promotion,” but the ones that survived? Chef’s kiss.
Learnings: I discovered that people hate the lovable.app domain (or any general domain like replit.app or bolt.app) with a burning passion. Apparently, it screams “AI SLOP” to the internet masses. One custom domain later, and suddenly we looked legit. Perception is everything, people.
check out lovelink
Project #2: Love Calculator (Because We’re All Still 14 at Heart)
While I was busy with Lovelink, my friend drops this gem: “Bro, what about a FLAMES calculator?”
For the uninitiated, FLAMES is that thing we did on notebook backs in school to calculate love compatibility. Scientific? Absolutely not. Fun? Hell yes.
This time, we enlisted Gemini as our AI overlord. Five prompts. That’s all it took. Five prompts and we had a working demo with animations and calculation logic that probably made mathematicians weep.
One hour later, the app was ready. The efficiency was terrifying.
check out love calculator
Project #3: MemoryWall
Then my friend who was clearly on a roll, suggested a digital photo booth. This was the crown jewel of our weekend madness.
Same process: ChatGPT/Gemini for the initial prompt, Lovable for the heavy lifting, and then the finishing touches adding watermarks, download options for collages, individual pictures, the whole nine yards.
Feeling ambitious, we even added a paywall. Because why not monetize our sleep-deprived creation?
And then Razorpay blocked us. Dormant account. Classic.
Fortunately, my friend had a domain from his old online store gathering digital dust. We mapped all our Lovable projects to it. Made everything look professional. Made everything look real.
check out memorywall
And would you believe it? The Lovelink project absolutely exploded on Valentine’s Day.
The Damage Report
Final stats:
- 210 credits used
- 3 fully functioning apps
- 2 with backends
- 1 payment integration (that didn’t work in production)
Use Our Secret Sauce to build with AI
- Clarify your idea with Gemini/ChatGPT
- Create a first draft if possible (or just reference from GitHub respectfully)
- Generate a detailed prompt for Lovable
- Use Lovable for the first draft and steer incremental improvements (it’s like teaching a very talented puppy)
- Occasionally edit code directly for quick wins (change wording, hyperlinks, delete random objects that shouldn’t exist)
When Should You Use Lovable?
Use it for micro apps where:
- Security isn’t a massive concern (we’re not building banking apps here, folks)
- You can describe the entire MVP in one prompt
- You want to move fast and break… actually, preferably don’t break things
When Should You Run Away From Lovable?
Once you have:
- A solid MVP that people actually want
- Traffic that makes you nervous
- The realization that you need to scale and have actual control
The Moral of the Story
Sometimes the best products come from showing off to your friends, building on a whim, and getting absolutely demolished by Reddit moderators. We built three apps in one weekend, learned that domain names matter more than we thought, and discovered that even dormant payment accounts can’t stop the entrepreneurial spirit.
Also, my valentine said yes. The app worked. Mission accomplished.