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Why Your AI-Built App Will Fail in Production
AI coding tools are incredible at building prototypes. They're terrible at building production software. Here's why, with real failure modes and what to do about it.
9 min read
FinishKit Blog
Practical guides on shipping AI-built apps. From prototype to production, we cover the last mile.
tools
Bolt.new Apps: 7 Production Issues and How to Fix Them
Bolt.new gets you from idea to working app in minutes. But the generated code has consistent patterns that break in production. Here are 7 specific issues with code-level fixes.
10 min read
guides
Is My Cursor Project Ready to Ship? The Complete Checklist
You built it with Cursor. It works locally. But is it ready for real users? This comprehensive pre-launch checklist covers security, testing, error handling, deploy config, and everything else Cursor won't remind you about.
7 min read
guides
How to Deploy Your Lovable App to Production (2026)
Your Lovable app works in preview. But preview isn't production. Here's the step-by-step guide to deploying your Lovable app with proper security, environment config, and monitoring.
9 min read
security
Lovable App Security Checklist: 10 Things to Fix Before Launch
Lovable builds beautiful apps fast. But a May 2025 audit found 10% of Lovable apps had security vulnerabilities exposing user data. Here are the 10 most common issues and how to fix each one.
11 min read
research
We Scanned 100 AI-Built Apps. Here's What They All Missed.
We analyzed 100 repos built with Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, and v0. The results reveal a consistent pattern: AI tools build fast but leave critical gaps. Here's the data.
8 min read
tools
v0 to Production: What Vercel's AI Misses
v0 generates beautiful UI components with Tailwind and shadcn. But UI isn't an app. Here's what v0 gets right, what it misses, and how to take v0 output to production.
9 min read
guides
The Vibe Coder's Production Launch Checklist (2026)
Built your app with vibes? Here's the universal pre-launch checklist that covers security, testing, error handling, deploy config, performance, SEO, and monitoring. Tool-agnostic. No fluff.
7 min read
industry
The State of AI-Generated Code in 2026: What the Data Says
92% of developers use AI coding tools daily. 41% of all code is now AI-generated. Here's what the data actually tells us about quality, security, and the gaps that remain.
10 min read
guides
How to Ship Your AI-Built App: A Production Readiness Guide
You built something amazing with Cursor, Bolt, or Lovable. But shipping it? That's a different challenge entirely. Here's the practical guide to closing the last-mile gap.
10 min read
guides
The AI Code Finishing Checklist: 47 Things to Check Before You Ship
A prioritized, category-by-category checklist for taking your AI-built app from 'it works' to 'it's ready.' P0 items are ship blockers. P1 items fix within a week. P2 before scaling.
14 min read
guides
Vibe Coding Is Real. Here Is How to Do It Responsibly.
Vibe coding (building software by feel with AI tools) is how millions of developers work now. Here's how to keep the speed without shipping the risk.
14 min read
tools
Cursor vs Lovable vs Bolt: What Each Tool Gets Right (and What They All Skip)
Cursor hit $1B ARR. Lovable reached a $6.6B valuation. Bolt crossed 5M users. But all three leave critical gaps. Here's an honest comparison and what to do about it.
14 min read
deployment
How to Deploy Your Next.js App to Production (The Complete Guide)
The gap between npm run dev and a production deploy is where most AI-built apps die. Here's the step-by-step guide to actually getting your Next.js app live and reliable.
14 min read
testing
Testing AI-Generated Code: A Minimum Viable Test Strategy
AI tools generate code but never generate tests. Here's the practical, minimum-effort testing strategy that catches the bugs that matter before your users find them.
12 min read
security
Why 45% of AI-Generated Code Fails Security Tests (And How to Fix It)
AI coding tools produce code with 1.88x more password vulnerabilities and 2.74x more XSS flaws. Here are the five most common security failures and how to catch them before your users do.
13 min read
security
The Complete Guide to Supabase Row Level Security for AI-Built Apps
Supabase is the default backend for AI-built apps. Without proper RLS policies, your users' data is one API call away from exposure. Here's how to lock it down.
15 min read
guides
Error Handling in AI-Built Apps: The Patterns AI Never Generates
AI tools generate the happy path. Production is the unhappy path. Here are six error handling patterns that AI consistently skips, and the code to fix each one.
17 min read
tools
What a FinishKit Scan Actually Finds (Real Results from 5 AI-Built Apps)
We ran FinishKit on five real AI-built apps, from a Cursor SaaS to a Lovable marketplace to a Bolt landing page. Here's every finding, ranked by severity.
15 min read