Notes for builders who keep the thread
Switching guides, methodology, and what we learn running PAPI on itself.
Switching from Lovable to PAPI
Lovable is great at zero to one. This is a guide to what happens after one: the wall every prompt-built project hits, and how to graduate without losing the plot.
Methodology
Why Your AI Forgets Your Project
Every session starts cold. The re-explaining tax is real, and a longer chat history does not fix it. What project memory should actually mean.
MethodologyPlan, Build, Review: The Loop That Compounds
AI projects start fast and decay. The fix is not a better prompt, it is a loop: plan, build, review, release, where every build makes the next plan smarter.