Your First Step to Building with Lovable
Project Setup

Pick the right first project

The 1-screen rule

Your first Lovable app should fit on one screen and do one thing. Not one feature with options — one thing.

Good first projects

  • A personal link-in-bio page
  • A tip calculator for a specific industry
  • A countdown to a specific event
  • A "what should I cook" picker from your 10 favorite meals
  • A simple journal that saves entries to your browser

Bad first projects

  • A social network
  • An "Uber for X"
  • Anything with multiple user types
  • Anything requiring payments on day one
operator note

if you can't describe it in one sentence to a 10-year-old, it's too big. Cut it in half. Then cut it in half again.