The Makiaveli blog

Thoughts on vibe coding, AI agent architecture, and what we're building. More posts soon.

Launching Makiaveli

Makiaveli started as a "can I clone Lovable in a week" experiment and turned into a serious open-source project over several iterations. The core loop was proven in v4 (real esbuild-wasm bundler), the UX caught up in v6 (deep chat + preview polish), and the brand finally landed in v8 with the red-demon-face logo.

The thing we're proudest of is the agent recovery flow. When a build fails with "No matching export" or "Router inside Router", the preview shows a red error overlay with an Ask AI to fix button. One click populates the chat with the stack trace and the agent patches the bug — usually in a single turn. That pattern has saved countless "the AI broke my app" moments.

Full changelog: /changelog