💻 Testing Lovable: How Easy is it to Create an Online Portfolio from Just a Resume?

Comparing Lovable to Replit

Lovable’s home page

After trying out Replit a few weeks ago, I wanted to use the same prompts to create a portfolio site using Loveable. I wanted to see how far I could get with just the free version and also how well it would do in creating my site with just a few prompts. Well… it did well, but after 3 prompts, I ran out of credit! Here is how Lovable fared compared to Replit.

I started off by uploading my resume (in PDF format) and asking it to create a portfolio website for me (using the same prompt I used in Replit).

first prompt to create my portfolio site with resume attached

(caption - first prompt to create my portfolio site with resume attached)

It did not take that long for it to generate the site, but it ran into problems when generating the Preview. It gave me an error which I tried to dismiss multiple times.

oops, already ran into an issue … oh oh!

I wanted to keep going. So I dismissed the error after trying to run it a couple of times.

Next, I went ahead and asked it to adjust the color and them and make the portfolio emphasize my AI experience. However, I forgot to attach my portfolio photo.

A few tweaks to the color theme and content

And Voila! It came up with a site with a very similar theme and design to the one by Replit.

However, it went ahead and generated a portfolio image to use. What was interesting is that it presented a photo similar to me (skin color and hair texture), which is very surprising and a bit interesting. Was that based on AI guessing what I would look like based on my name (origin, etc.) or based on my online presence? Inquiring minds want to know!!!

first pass of the site built using uploaded resume, color theme, and an AI-generated image

Because I wanted it to use my own photo, I went ahead and attached a professional photo of me and asked it to update the site.

Easy, peasy!

what was produced with the three prompts and attached resume & photo

What I wanted to do next we tweak some of the content to make sure that it matched my work and experiences very closely - no hallucinations of stuff I never did!

But, sadly, I ran out of credit to do any more changes. Wonk wonk wonk 🙁

I was hoping to do a bit more work, but ran out of credits).

In the end, what was produced by Lovable was just as good as the one by Replit and impressive. However, I feel it would need a few more tweaks to be ready to be published. But, I am not quite ready to upgrade to the paid version. I will definitely come back to it after reviewing a few more tools.

Here are some of the pages it created. Unlike Replit, Lovable created just one single page (Replit had individual pages for each section)

Full portfolio page, with highlights of my expertise from my resume, plus a couple that it added on its own

My work experience section of site

-Contact info

If you are wondering how these tools work, I encourage you to give them a try. What they can do with just a few prompts, is nothing short of amazing.

I am now off to review a few AI tools for creating presentation slides. A few have already come in handy for my most recent projects. Stay tuned…