#46 - 😅 AI and Visual Dev: what you may have missed, 2 months later...
WeWeb new prompt-to-app landing page, Xano Agentic Shift, Zite Versioning, so many news in this world!
Hello everyone,
First, sorry for the two months of silence. It's been an incredible two months for me - my new venture Eqolux is moving fast with new large client deals and the need to quickly deliver our AI features for hospitality (Finance and Carbon impact).
BUT, I'm back with more real experience using these new AI and visual dev products, and I'll continue sharing this.
In two months, so many things have happened, and the most important part is prompt-to-app gaining ground on visual front-end products. WeWeb is a really great example - their new landing page is all in on prompt, and that's great!
Benoît de Montecler
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1️⃣ WeWeb updated their landing page, all in on Prompt to app!
WeWeb upgraded their AI capabilities following positive user feedback on WeWeb 3.0. They now use Claude Sonnet 3.7 with 200K context for better UI generation. New features include visible AI "thought process" during page creation, a smarter JavaScript editor that explains code on hover, and the ability to translate AI-generated JavaScript into no-code workflows. Free plan users now get 2 million AI tokens instead of 1 million for more experimentation.
2️⃣ Xano announced their "Agentic Shift" at their Summer Launch Event, focusing on AI-powered development. New features include intelligent agents in the backend, AI development assistants, and a revolutionary way to code backends with full visibility. They also introduced new pricing with a $29/month Starter plan. Full event recording is available.
3️⃣ Lovable delivered significant updates across three releases: Build from your phone, free collaboration for all users with up to 20 members per workspace on Free and Pro plans, enhanced project discovery featuring new filtering options and community categorization, security improvements including API key detection warnings and AI-powered security review functionality, plus Claude 4 integration providing 25% fewer errors and 40% faster overall performance for all projects.
4️⃣ Zite has introduced a new version history feature that makes it easy to restore previous versions of your app. Users can now click the history tab to preview any prior version of their app and restore it with just one click. This feature is live in Zite today.
5️⃣ Glide Agent lets you build apps by describing what you want in a chat box. Currently in Beta for new accounts only. Accessible from website, teams, or builder. Generates sample data, uses Glide components (Collections, Forms, Buttons), handles Excel/CSV uploads. Limitations include no workflows, advanced settings, large files, or external API integrations.
6️⃣ Zapier introduces end to end testing. Instead of testing Zap steps one by one, you can click all steps in your Zap with one click. You can test every step in your Zap with one click. When you test a trigger step, Zapier will load test records from your app. When you test an action step, Zapier will perform the action on your behalf. Testing is live and may result in changes made in your app.
7️⃣ Bubble, while waiting to launch their AI editor mode later this year—which is highly anticipated to help them compete with tools like Lovable and WeWeb—has launched their mobile app generator.
8️⃣ Softr launched Softr Databases, enabling full-stack app building in one place. Features include relational databases, flexible fields, custom views, and granular permissions. Eliminates API limits and sync delays while maintaining fast performance with large datasets. Available on free plan with ready-to-use templates. Designed to replace multiple separate tools with unified solution.
9️⃣ Airtable UI Refresh and Omni AI. It combines Cobuilder and Airtable Assistant into unified platform for building apps and querying data through natural language. Creates/improves Airtable apps, deploys Field Agents, answers questions, web research, manages records. Examples: "build asset tracker", "summarize sales problems", "show campaign click-through rates by channel".
📆 Next NoCode Events:
AI & Visual Development Conf 2025 on December 9-10th at apidays Paris