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7/18/2026

The original headline is: "Who Fixes Broken Lovable and Bolt Apps? Your Real Options Compared"
Original: Who Fixes Broken Lovable and Bolt Apps? Your Real Options Compared
Short summary
A practical guide to fixing broken AI-built apps from platforms like Lovable, Bolt, v0, and Cursor. It identifies five common failure patterns — Supabase RLS missing INSERT policies, auth cookie mismatches in Next.js, expired magic links from email scanners, missing Vercel environment variables, and hardcoded preview URLs — and compares four remediation options from self-fix to hiring an agency with cost and risk trade-offs.
- •Five common failure patterns cover most broken AI-built apps: RLS policy gaps, cookie mismatches, token consumption by email scanners, missing env vars, and hardcoded URLs
- •Four fix options range from free self-repair to $1,000+ agency engagement
- •Save exact error text before seeking help — it's the most useful diagnostic artifact
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
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