When to hire a Lovable AI MVP developer (vs prompting alone)

You can prompt Lovable for days and still not have something you can put in front of paying users. A Lovable AI MVP developer owns the gap between “looks good in preview” and “live URL with auth, data rules, and optional Stripe.”

#Hire this role when

• You have an idea or half-built Lovable project and a deadline to demo investors or customers.
• You need email/OAuth login, RLS, and a deploy you own on Vercel.
• Payments or subscriptions are part of the first release — not “phase two.”
• You want GitHub handover, not a locked preview only you can open.

#Keep prompting when

You are exploring UI concepts, you are not collecting real user data yet, and failure has no cost. The moment a second user can see the first user’s rows, stop DIY and get production help.

Lovable AI MVP brief:
[ ] One user journey that proves the product
[ ] Auth + RLS before more screens
[ ] Stripe only if monetization is in v1
[ ] Production domain + env docs

#What I deliver

A shippable MVP: live URL, repo access, schema notes, and a clear next iteration. That is the Lovable AI MVP Developer page — different from rescue work on an already-broken app.