databases

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Your Lovable app got slow as the data grew. Three usual reasons.

It was snappy with ten rows and crawls with ten thousand. Almost always it's one of three things — a missing index, fetching everything then filtering in the browser, or no caching — and none needs you to read code.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 6 min

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AI deleted my database. Can I get it back?

It happened to a Replit user in 2025 and to a Cursor user in 2026. What to check in the first ten minutes, why Lovable's and Replit's undo buttons don't bring data back by default, and the backup habit that does.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 6 min

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Supabase: the backend-in-a-box behind so many AI-built apps

A hosted database, login, an automatic API and file storage in one box. What's inside, what the free plan covers, and the one setting it asks you to get right.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 4 min

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A query with no "only" returns everyone's data — here's how that happens

How your app asks a database for exactly the rows it wants, and what a missing filter exposes. Tap to run one and watch the WHERE clause work.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 4 min

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The shape of your data: tables, rows, and the one column that links everything

How a database lays things out, why every column has a type, and the ID that decides whose orders are whose. Tap through a live table.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 4 min

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Where your app actually keeps every sign-up, order and message

It isn't just a spreadsheet. What a database is, why it can find one row among millions, and where Supabase fits. Tap the table to see it work.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 4 min

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The half of your app you can't see — and why every security rule has to live there

Frontend, server, database, API, secrets: the parts behind the glass, drawn as the journey of one tap, and why the safety checks can only work on the far side of it. Tap to follow it.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 6 min

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Your Lovable app might be showing everyone's data — one setting fixes it

The single database setting behind the biggest vibe-coded app leaks, shown as a who-can-see-what table you can toggle: data wide open, then locked to its owner. The policy your AI tool should be writing.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 7 min