Vibe Coding is sweeping through 2025 like a hurricane.
If you’re following the space, you heard of Lovable. It's one of the few AI agent based coding tools out there.
Bolt came around then Vercel launched v0. The last to join the team was Lovable.
I first tested Lovable in November. I immediately reached out to the team because I was very impressed.
Then my CGM project was taking too long so I didn’t have time to focus on it. I toyed with the idea of moving CGM to Lovable, but it was falling apart all the time.
“I’ll switch when they solve the reliability issue.” - I said and went back to building my projects.
It’s been about three months now and I can confidently say: they solved it.
It works so well, I’m considering ditching Make, n8n, Zapier, JetAdmin and my entire no-code stack to Lovable.
I’m also going to be documenting the whole thing and sharing it as a training.
The biggest opportunity in 2025
Most of my readers fall into this bucket:
You have a great deal of experience in your field. You’re somewhat technical, probably more at an enthusiast than an engineering level. You can meddle with Zapier or Make but you can’t code. You’re probably looking to make money with AI somehow. You probably also tried doing some Python courses but it’s too complicated.
I think I found your answer: Start your freelance career as a Lovable Developer.
Let me explain.
Yesterday Caroline Wong from the Lovable team subtly announced their Hire a Builder Program. She invited builder to chat and I immediately booked a session with her.
Turns out they are constantly bombarded with clients reaching out asking if they can point them to a developer who can build with Lovable.
It’s easy, fast and a LOT more affordable than hiring a software engineer.
They also have builders registered in their system already, asking for leads.
Currently their Freelancer to Client ratio is 4:1. So for every client there are four freelancers competing.
To put this into perspective, the same for Upwork is 21:1.
On Upwork your chances of winning a new job are 81% lower.
Add the fact that Upwork is a saturated marketplace while Lovable is still in its early stages meaning you’ll get:
- A lot of support from Lovable itself
- Extra exposure due to riding their growth
- Ease of starting up as one of the first people on their platform
I’ve been a power user of Make, Zapier, Airtable and a lot of other no-code tools for a long time. What I teach in my no-code guide still holds true:
David Szabo-Stuban
BUT! I’m considering ditching every no-code tool altogether to only focus on Lovable and Supabase because it’s faster, cheaper, better and I can focus on the stuff I love doing: designing architecture.
What to learn to get there
Most of the topics are covered on this blog here too.
No-Code Agent Stack
- Lovable
- Supabase
- Vercel
- Github
Software Fundamentals
- Creating user stories
- Basic UX/UI design
- Creating database structure
- Creating software architecture
Commercial Fundamentals
- Using third party APIs
- Taking payments from your users
- Handling multiple users, teams, roles, etc
- Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, etc
- Full launch checklist
If you go through this, you will be capable of doing two things:
- Turn your idea into an app in a weekend
- Sell your services as a Lovable Developer
