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Builders taking a browser MVP into a real repo

The Lovable-to-Windsurf stack

Lovable scaffolds in the browser, Windsurf hardens it locally, CodeRabbit gates the PR. Not a Figma file and not a markdown spec.

Who owns what

  1. Lovable

    The first app — React, auth, schema in the browser. Not local debugging.

    Try Lovable (opens in a new tab)
  2. Windsurf

    The refactor — Cascade, edge cases, queries on disk. Not the live sandbox.

    Try Windsurf (opens in a new tab)
  3. CodeRabbit

    The merge gate — review on GitHub. Not the feature work.

    Try CodeRabbit (opens in a new tab)

How to use this stack

  1. Prompt Lovable for the product. Sync to GitHub. Do not stay in the browser sandbox.
  2. Clone into Windsurf. Cascade refactors logic you would not ship from a chat.
  3. Push the branch. CodeRabbit comments. Fix in Windsurf, not in Lovable.
  4. This is not spec-to-prototype (no design file, no Eraser). Swap Lovable for Bolt.new if you already live there.