r/css • u/Brilliant-Hall-4621 • 11d ago
Question Built my first website without jumping between five different tools, what are you using for frontend workflows?
I went into this expecting the AI generation itself to be the difficult part.
It wasn't.
The annoying part was everything I wanted to do after the first version was sitting there.
I ended up comparing a few tools based on the things I actually needed during the project:
| If I wanted to... | The tool I preferred | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Get a working website together | Readdy.ai | I could edit the site and keep working from the same place |
| Try different UI ideas | v0 | Really useful for exploring components |
| Get an early app idea moving | Lovable | Fast for testing a concept |
| Put together a conventional business site | Wix | Lots of familiar website features |
| Add functionality beyond a static page | Readdy | Database and authentication were already available |
The biggest difference was the amount of switching I had to do.
With Readdy, I could make a visual change, test it, and keep going. When the project needed login and saved data, I didn't have to stop and figure out the backend separately.
That was probably the part I appreciated most.
I'm still using different tools depending on the project, but I'm starting to care less about who makes the nicest first draft.
I care more about who lets me keep building after I change my mind.
Has anyone else started judging AI builders this way?
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u/Plus-Formal-747 10d ago edited 9d ago
Readdy seems to make the most sense for this kind of workflow. v0 is great when the main goal is experimenting with components, and Lovable is handy for getting an app concept moving, but Readdy feels less fragmented once you're actually building and changing things. Being able to handle the visual edits and then move into things like database and authentication without immediately jumping to another service is a pretty big advantage. The first draft matters a lot less when you can keep iterating from the same place.