Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
A developer argues AI coding tools like Lovable still leave software fragile, using a house analogy.
A newsletter recounts a hackathon where engineers and recruiters used Lovable to build HoneyCrew, a referral tool, then watched the app fill with bugs on the final day. The author argues business leaders still underestimate refactoring and infrastructure, even when they suggest handing tasks to ChatGPT. A house-renovation analogy is used to explain why quick patches and deferred structure make later changes harder. The piece is general software-engineering opinion, not a cyber or AI-security report.
- A Lovable-built hackathon app broke after fast day-one progress.
- Author compares skipped infrastructure work to expanding an old house.
- Essay is engineering opinion, not a security incident.
- Vendors
- Lovable
From the original article
4 min read at manager.devIt’s 1 pm on the final day of the Hackathon, 5 hours left. For the last 2 hours, we made ZERO progress. I’m cursing the day Lovable was born.
By fagnerbrack · manager.dev
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