Freelancer decries Lovable-built client app's AI slop features

The developer, who is 43 and has been obsessed with computers and the internet since he convinced his parents to get AOL at 12 and made a Geocities site at 14, also had a somewhat successful run as a touring musician. He says the hobbies he has nurtured for his entire life are being destroyed by people who have found an entry point requiring the smallest amount of effort. The client in question is one of his first ongoing clients, someone who helped kickstart his freelancing career, and who has a broad understanding of technology but is not a programmer.

The developer describes the app as very impressive and acknowledges the client has become very good at using these tools. Part of that scares him, but he says he has largely accepted that his skillset has to expand beyond being a React code monkey. He sees himself as a curious generalist, so picking up new things comes easily.

What he finds gross is the feature set: automated marketing using Higgsfield, which he calls automated slop posting, and a feature that consumes reviews from vendors with agents intended to post reviews as well. He frames this as part of a broader trend of social media turning into an AI slop gallery and AI music topping the charts, and he asks how others are dealing with it. The outcome hinges on whether this client's attitude represents a broader shift or a single case, and on how creative professionals choose to adapt.