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From Lovable.dev to Gemini CLI: A Tale of Two AIs in Debugging My SaaS Project

As a Vibe Coder, I’m always excited to explore new tools that can streamline my workflow. For my latest project, “AirDeals”—a flight deal tracker—I decided to go all-in on AI-driven development from the start. I used the Lovable.dev platform to bootstrap and build the entire application, and the experience was fantastic for getting a feature-rich prototype off the ground quickly. However, as I was getting into the nitty-gritty of debugging, I hit a small roadblock: I had run out of my monthly credits on the platform. This felt like the perfect opportunity to put another tool to the test: Google’s Gemini CLI. Could it jump into a codebase it had no prior context on and help me squash the remaining bugs? I was eager to find out. ...

July 31, 2025 · 4 min · Prateep Gedupudi