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Is it "Cheating" if I don't write the code? My 3-app journey with Lovable.

DEV Community·Alphonso Kelly·23 days ago
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I recently finished building three distinct apps: The Sentinel (for accident reporting), Nuptial Studio (for wedding planning), and Listing Launch Pro (for real estate). But if you asked me to sit down and write a complex JavaScript function from scratch, I’d probably blink at you. I didn’t "code" these in the traditional sense—I used Lovable. The "Cheating" vs. "Progress" Debate I’ve heard the whispers in dev circles: “If you didn’t write the syntax, you aren’t a real developer.” or “Using AI-builders is just cheating.” I have a different perspective. I call it progress. Why I believe the "Product Creator" is the new Developer: Logic over Syntax: Tools like Lovable allow me to focus 100% on the User Experience and the Business Logic. I’m still the architect; I’m just using a more advanced power tool. Speed to Market: I’ve built three functional tools that solve real problems in the time it might have taken me to learn the basics of a single framework.…

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