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Polar bearOP
I’m attempting to build a web generator like Lovable or Cursor on my own using the Mistral API. I’m really hopeful that it works and that I can make a living from it; if it doesn’t, I’ll be sad, but I’ll still gain the experience. I’d love to get some advice and recommendations to help make this a success. Cheers to everyone—I look forward to reading your comments.
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@Polar bear I’m attempting to build a web generator like Lovable or Cursor on my own using the Mistral API. I’m really hopeful that it works and that I can make a living from it; if it doesn’t, I’ll be sad, but I’ll still gain the experience. I’d love to get some advice and recommendations to help make this a success. Cheers to everyone—I look forward to reading your comments.
how are you trying to implement sandbox previews? vercel sandboxes? custom solution?
@erikcodez how are you trying to implement sandbox previews? vercel sandboxes? custom solution?
Polar bearOP
I'm building a web generator like Lovable, and I'm leaning towards a custom solution. Since it needs to be fast, I'm thinking of rendering the generated code inside a secured iframe or using something like StackBlitz WebContainers to run the preview directly in the browser without deploying to a server every time
@Polar bear I'm building a web generator like Lovable, and I'm leaning towards a custom solution. Since it needs to be fast, I'm thinking of rendering the generated code inside a secured iframe or using something like StackBlitz WebContainers to run the preview directly in the browser without deploying to a server every time
So you are only looking for small web components instead of "heavy" nextjs websites with api routes etc?
Polar bearOP
Yes, exactly! For now, the generator only creates frontend-only sites (pure client-side HTML/CSS/JS or standard React). No heavy full-stack frameworks or API routes. That's why a custom browser sandbox using a secured iframe makes the most sense for my MVP
@erikcodez Makes sense. Good luck!
Polar bearOP
Thank you! 🙏