I’ve tried quite a few AI building tools, but I keep coming back to Base44, Lovable, and Claude depending on what I’m building. Cost-wise, mine varies month to month depending on what I’m building and how many credits I’m using. I usually start small and only scale usage when the project actually needs it. A few lessons I’ve learned: ✅ Start with one clear outcome, not a huge app idea ✅ Build the simplest useful version first ✅ Test everything — AI-generated doesn’t automatically mean production-ready ✅ Be intentional with iterations because credits can disappear quickly ✅ Think about privacy, permissions, security, and data handling from the beginning I built two free resources for that security piece: 🔐 AI Security Advisor https://modessaaisecurity.com/advisor 🛡️ AI Agent Security Prompts https://modessaaisecurity.com/agent-security-prompts And for anyone who has the idea but doesn’t want to handle the build themselves, I also do done-for-you app builds.