A Lovable build that stopped holding up
The first version arrives fast and looks right. Then real people use it: accounts collide, data lands in the wrong place, a screen works for you and not for them. The tool was excellent at producing something that looks finished and poor at producing something that is.
Keep in mind what you genuinely have
You have a working picture of what you want, which is more than most projects start with. The idea, the flow and the screens are real progress. What is thin is everything beneath them.
Security is part of this
In 2026, a flaw in Lovable let one user reach other projects' source code and database credentials; it was reported in March, still open 48 days later, and patched for new projects rather than existing ones (The Next Web, 21 April 2026). If your project predates that, treat your credentials as worth rotating, and have someone look at what the project exposes.
What a rescue does here
- Reads what the generated build is actually doing, which is rarely what the prompts described.
- Rebuilds the data layer so information is stored once, correctly, and cannot be read by the wrong account.
- Puts in real sign-in and permissions, rather than screens that merely look locked.
- Keeps your screens and your idea; replaces the machinery.
We have saved many AI-built apps, not only websites, and the work is usually less frightening than owners expect, because the thinking was already done.