I originally went into this thinking I could build my entire sports news platform insideI originally went into this thinking I could build my entire sports news platform inside
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I originally went into this thinking I could build my entire sports news platform inside Lovable. At a surface level, it actually worked. I was able to get pages up, structure content, and start shaping what the product could look like. But as I pushed further into building something more complex and content-heavy, I kept running into issues with stability and functionality that slowed things down more than expected. That ultimately led me to take a step back and rethink the approach. Instead of continuing to force everything inside the builder, I shifted to designing the full experience in Figma and rebuilding the Webflow site with that as the foundation. Having a centralized, neutral source of truth for layouts, components, and structure has already made a huge difference. It’s cleaner, more scalable, and gives me a lot more confidence as the platform grows. I want to be very clear though, this is not a dig at Lovable. I’m an ambassador, and I genuinely believe in what they’re building. I talk about their team and product all the time because I think they’re doing a lot of things right. This is more of a heads up for anyone considering migrating a larger, more complex site into Lovable today. There are still some limitations you’ll want to be aware of depending on your use case. One unexpected upside from all of this is that I ended up creating a design I’m really proud of. The structure, the layout system, the way content flows across sections. It all clicked in a way it hadn’t before. Now I’m taking that exact design and fully systemizing it in Figma so it can scale properly moving forward. Sometimes the “detour” ends up being the best part of the process.
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