Hubql

Founders often build a working prototype using tools like Lovable, Bolt, or Cursor, and get real users and some revenue. But the blog content describes a recurring pattern where these apps start breaking somewhere between 200 and 500 users because the prototype setup (like Lovable Cloud) was never meant for production scale, security, or data handling. Non-technical founders may not know when their AI-generated codebase needs a real developer, and hiring a full-time CTO or engineering team is often too expensive or premature for their stage. This leaves a gap between having something that works and having something that can safely scale.

Hubql offers fractional CTO leadership and a small product studio team (CTO, engineer, designer) on a subscription or sprint basis, rather than requiring founders to hire full-time staff. Concrete services include a Lovable to Production offering that hardens Lovable and Supabase apps for security and scalability, a Vibe Coding Audit that reviews AI-generated code and classifies bug sources, a UI/UX Audit for interface and conversion issues, Supabase MVP development, and n8n automation workflow builds for sales ops and onboarding. Engagement packages range from a Technical Advisor or UI/UX Advisor at one day per week (from $1,500/mo), to a Weekly Full Sprint (from $4,000/wk), to a Monthly Studio Retainer ($3,000/mo) that embeds a CTO, engineer, and designer with the founder's team. The company is founder-led, with co-founder Tobias Meixner described as a former CTO who scaled an engineering team from 0 to 70+, and Christophe Leroy leading product/design.

The blog frames timing around the rise of 'vibe coding' with tools like Lovable, Bolt, and Cursor, noting that 63% of vibe-coded apps (per cited industry data) reach a point where founders need real engineering help.