4.63 seconds → 130 milliseconds.
A 35.6× faster query in the PRM partner portal I built on Lovable from making few changes as it scaled
As the platform grew from 10 users to thousands with nearly 30,000 visitors and 150,000 page views I learned how much performance depends on where the work happens.
Here are two architectural changes that made a difference:
I'm giving away the prompts, Lovable skills, and architecture behind Lovable's PRM, the platform that runs our global partner program.
100+ features, 20+ integrations, commission payouts, e-signatures, AI triage. Built solo, without an engineering team.
At Lovable, most of our internal applications are built and run entirely on Lovable. This is one of them.
Companies pay $100K+/year for PRM software. Then hundreds of thousands more for the systems to stitch it together — and a full team to maintain it all. And after all that, you're still dependent on a 3rd party. You can only move as fast as they do.
I built ours from scratch instead fully on Lovable. It's been a journey taking it from an idea to a load-bearing application in production: 800+ monthly active users, thousands of applications processed, and millions in leads flowing through it.
On Sept 9th, I'm revealing exactly what went into building it, the lessons learned, and how many Lovable credits it has actually cost us to date.
I'll also share some of the most valuable skills behind the build from e2e testing scenarios and the design system to the initial prompt and architecture design.
That's what we're digging into at "Build it Live: Lovable for Partner Teams" with Dylan Hattem and Kim Veerbeek.
📅 Wednesday, Sept 9th
Link in comments. And if you want the prompts, skills, and architecture that went into standing it up comment "PRM" and I'll DM you the files.