In-depth articles on AI app building, vibe coding, and modern software development from the Fabricate team.
Lovable, Bolt.new, v0, Replit, Cursor, Base44, Emergent and Fabricate compared by what each is genuinely best at and how each one meters your usage.
Read articleField notes from operating a multi-tenant fleet of apps on Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV and R2. The limits that actually bite, what they look like when you hit them, and why quota exhaustion almost never presents as a quota error.
Read articleTwo separate questions hide inside "do I own it": copyright in AI-generated output, and whether you can actually get the code out. A verified portability matrix for Fabricate, Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, v0 and Bubble, last checked 26 July 2026.
Read articleAI-generated React compiles and then fails at runtime. Here are the 28 named failure patterns Fabricate statically detects before deploy, why models produce them systematically, and what a static gate cannot catch.
Read articleIs AI-generated code secure? Mostly functional, reliably under-authorized. The specific failure classes we see in generated Cloudflare Worker and D1 backends, which ones a static gate catches, and the pre-launch review a non-expert can actually run.
Read articleA complete fix for the React null useMemo error in Vite. The cause is usually two React instances from two dependency-optimizer generations, not two copies on disk -- which is why dedupe, alias and deleting node_modules do not help.
Read articleFabricate ran two LLM repair passes over generated code. Both are disabled. Why we replaced a stochastic repair pass with a deterministic static gate and per-milestone validation, with the code.
Read articleA full, honest breakdown of token-weighted credit billing in AI app builders, using Fabricate's real numbers: 10,000 weighted tokens per credit, output weighted 5x, cache reads at 0.1x. Includes the arithmetic so you can estimate your own usage.
Read articleA differential diagnosis for a common AI app builder failure: the preview works, production does not. Six failure classes, the symptom each produces, how to confirm it, and the fix.
Read articleA practical 5-step playbook to wire Stripe checkout into a Fabricate app and start charging customers in 30 minutes. No backend code required.
Read articleWire monthly Stripe subscriptions into a Fabricate app in under an hour. Includes webhook handling, Customer Portal, and the grace-period gotchas.
Read articleA 7-day playbook to land your first 10 real users for a Fabricate app. Three channels, two templates, zero marketing-speak.
Read articleA two-day playbook to build a Fabricate MVP, put it in front of 20 real people, and walk away with a yes/no kill-or-keep decision. No vanity metrics.
Read articleA two-day playbook for agencies, freelancers, and consultants to ship a branded client portal — projects, files, invoices, messaging — and charge more for it.
Read articleEverything you need to know about vibe coding: history, tools, techniques, best practices, and the future of AI-assisted software development. The definitive 2026 guide.
Read articleWe tested every major AI app builder in 2026. Compare Fabricate, Bolt.new, Lovable, v0, Replit, Cursor, and more on speed, quality, pricing, and full-stack capabilities.
Read articleTurn your ideas into production-ready applications with AI. Free tier available.