The AI Coding War
: Replit vs Lovable vs Cursor
Alright, this one is fascinating. And close to my heart as I use all three of them.
Three companies are racing to become the place where software gets built in the AI era.
And each one is taking a totally different path.
Lovable: The Idea Machine
Lovable might be the fastest-growing SaaS product right now.
The pitch is simple:
You type:
“Build me an Airbnb for dog sitters.”
And it just… builds the app.
People love it because non-technical founders can suddenly build software.
But serious developers sometimes complain they don’t have enough control.
So it’s amazing for ideas and prototypes.
Cursor: The Hacker’s Tool
Cursor is basically ChatGPT built directly into a coding environment.
Developers love it because it can:
read entire codebases
refactor big projects
write production-level code
If Lovable is the idea machine, Cursor is the power tool.
Replit: The All-In-One Builder
Replit is trying something different.
They want to be the entire operating system for developers.
You can:
generate the code
run it
host it
deploy it
All in one place.
Think Google Docs for coding, but with AI agents building stuff.
The Interesting Thing
But looking around me, it seems most builders actually use all three.
My new workflow looks like this:
Idea → Lovable
Prototype → Replit
Production code → Cursor
That’s a pretty wild shift from how it was done before.
