I Built Revenue‑Generating SaaS with Loveable, N8n, and Helpful Freelancers
by emmanol | 2025-08-12 06:01:49+00:00
TL;DR: I built a small SaaS product using Loveable for UI and n8n for backend automation. It looked good at first but quickly broke under real usage. I tried to fix it myself, then brought in help through Fiverr. That included DevOps support, UI cleanup, and conversion copy. Since then, I’ve kept working with the same freelancers and now treat Fiverr like an extension of my stack. This mix of AI tools and targeted human help made the product actually viable as a solo founder.

It Started with a Rough Idea During the summer I was noodling on a small problem in the compliance space. A lot of small businesses manage recurring tasks and deadlines in spreadsheets. I figured I could build a cleaner, slightly more automated version of that using no-code tools.

Loveable made it easy to design the frontend. I used it to set up task creation forms, user dashboards, and status tracking. Then I wired those up to n8n workflows for logic. The idea was simple: when someone adds a task, the system sends a reminder a few days before the due date. That data then flows into a log for accountability.

I got a decent-looking MVP online within a few days. It worked on the surface. And honestly, I was surprised at how quickly I had something I could click through.

Then Things Got Weird

By the end of the first week, things broke. Some users would create a task and it would vanish. Others got multiple reminders for the same item. One task duplicated itself six times. At first I thought it was a webhook delay. Then I thought I misconfigured the database triggers. I went deep into forum threads, re-read n8n docs, and changed the order of nodes.

None of it really helped. I was patching symptoms, not solving the actual problems.

I briefly tried replacing webhook triggers with polling intervals. It stabilized the flow but made it way too slow. That’s when I realized I needed someone who knew these tools better than I did.

Calling in Help (and Choosing Where to Get It) I didn’t want to hire anyone long-term. I just needed people who could solve one thing, quickly. I looked at a few freelance platforms and compared options. Some had higher-quality filters but slower matching. Others were flooded with generalists.

On Fiverr I was able to search for people who listed n8n experience directly. I wrote a quick outline of my workflow and the problems I was seeing. A DevOps engineer replied within an hour with a Loom walkthrough showing where my webhook retry logic was failing. I hired him on the spot.

Within two days he added fallback behavior, cleaned up the webhook chains, and set up alerting in case anything failed silently again. The workflows that had caused me stress for a week were now stable.

Fixing the Rest With the system finally behaving, I focused on what users would actually see. I had used AI to write the onboarding copy and it showed. It explained features but not benefits. It didn’t build trust. I brought in a copywriter through Fiverr and had a new version ready in two days.

I also worked with a UI designer to tighten up mobile responsiveness and fix a few spacing issues that I had overlooked. That part wasn't urgent, but it made the product feel real.

Since then I’ve continued working with the same freelancers every few weeks. Whenever I hit something I know I could try to fix but probably shouldn’t spend two days on, I send them a note. They know the system now, and we work fast.

What I Learned AI tools like Loveable and n8n give you incredible speed, but they don’t give you reliability

Most of the problems didn’t show up until real users started touching things

Hiring full-time help wasn’t necessary, but specific fixes absolutely were

Fiverr was the best solution for this because it gave me access to the exact type of skill I needed, when I needed it, without friction

Bringing in outside help doesn’t make you less of a solo founder - it keeps you solo longer