Plan in chat, build in code

The habit

Before you ask Lovable to *build* anything non-trivial, ask it to *plan* it first. Planning is cheap. Rework is expensive.

What to say

"Before you write any code, walk me through how you'd build [feature]. What files would change, what data structure, what edge cases."

Why it works

You catch mistakes in the plan (free to fix) instead of in the code (costs credits to fix). You also learn what's actually happening — which makes you a better director on every future prompt.