Rafael Mendes
Senior Editor — Code-Based AI Builders & Dev Tools
Software engineer who ships production code with Lovable, v0, Bolt and Cursor every week. Reviews code-based AI website builders with an engineer's eye.
buildeai.tools@gmail.comAbout Rafael
Rafael is a software engineer with a decade of experience building React and Next.js products. He spends his weeks shipping real client and side-project sites with Lovable, v0, Bolt.new, Replit Agent and Cursor — which makes him uniquely positioned to evaluate code-based AI website builders.
At buildeai he covers code-based AI builders (Lovable, v0, Bolt, Replit Agent), Webflow/Framer AI add-ons, Locofy, Relume and Uizard. His benchmarking process builds the same site spec across competing builders so differences in code quality, exportability and developer experience are visible side-by-side.
He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science, ships production code weekly and maintains the technical infrastructure behind buildeai's reviews.
Areas of expertise
- Code-based AI website builders (Lovable, v0, Bolt)
- AI tools for Webflow and Framer
- AI site design and wireframing (Relume, Uizard)
- Exportable code, hosting and SEO
Credentials & experience
10+ years in the field.
- B.Sc. Computer Science
- 10+ years shipping production software
- Maintains buildeai's testing infrastructure
Reviews by Rafael (11)
- LovableChat-based AI that builds, edits and deploys full-stack React apps directly from a conversation.
- Bolt.newStackBlitz's in-browser AI agent that generates and runs full-stack apps from a prompt.
- v0 by VercelVercel's generative UI tool that produces React + Tailwind components and full pages from prompts.
- UizardAI design tool that turns prompts, sketches or screenshots into editable multi-screen prototypes.
- CursorAI-native code editor that lets you build and edit websites and apps via chat in your real codebase.
- Replit AgentReplit's autonomous agent that builds, runs and deploys full-stack web apps from a prompt.
- Locofy AIConverts Figma designs into production-ready React, Next.js, HTML and React Native code.
- BubbleNo-code platform for building full web apps with databases, workflows, payments and the new Bubble AI app generator.
- SoftrNo-code app builder that turns Airtable, Google Sheets or HubSpot into client portals, internal tools and member websites — now with Softr AI.
- GlideAI-powered no-code platform for building business apps from spreadsheets in minutes — mobile-first with Glide AI agents.
- Otter.aiAI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls.