The Production Wall: Why AI-Built Apps Stall at Scale You've built something real with Lovable or Bolt. Users are signing up. Revenue is coming in. Then you hit it: the moment your app stops being a prototype and starts needing to actually run. This is where most founders get stuck. Not because their code is bad. Because they built on someone else's infrastructure. Here's what actually happens when you try to scale an AI-built app beyond the builder's sandbox: Your database lives on the builder's servers. You can't see the schema without diving into exports. Your deployment history doesn't exist, so rolling back a bad change means starting over. You're locked into their auth system, their hosting, their limits. When you need custom domains, SOC2 compliance, or just basic version control, you're either asking the builder to add it or rebuilding from scratch. The worst part? You can't see it coming until you need it. A solo founder I know shipped a Bolt-built SaaS last year.…