Field Notes
Notes from the incident desk .
What actually breaks in AI-built production applications — the failure patterns we see most often on Lovable, Supabase and Stripe, how each one gets diagnosed, and what to verify before it reaches your users.
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It Looks 90% Done. Nine Preview Gaps
A working Lovable preview only proves the app works for its builder. Nine handover checks cover RLS, secret keys, Stripe, auth email and GitHub.
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When to Migrate Away from Lovable: A 5-Criterion Matrix
Score a Lovable client project on revenue, data, webhooks, acquisition and liability, and get a decision band with a first action.
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Exporting to GitHub Does Not Transfer Your Lovable App
An export moves your code into your GitHub account. Your database, users, files, secrets, DNS and deploy pipeline do not travel with it.
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Migrating Off Lovable: Six Separate Migrations
Leaving Lovable is not one migration but six. What each layer takes to move, what breaks if you take them out of order, and what you cannot move at all.
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