Unstuck: Non-Technical Mindsets for Lovable Builders

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Fri, May 29, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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Unstuck: Non-technical Mindsets for Lovable Builders
Justin Dougherty
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What you'll learn

See a Live Example of Getting Unstuck

Watch as we apply a Systems Thinking mindset to a real Vibe Coding situation.

A Product-Building Mindset

Learn a non-technical way of thinking about application building that transcends platforms, tools, and models.

Diagnostic Skills

Use Systems Thinking to assess your bugs, identify the root of your problems, and then guide the AI toward the fix.

Practical Techniques to Escape from "Stuck"

Get real-world tactics for debugging and mitigating risks in AI-built software.

Why this topic matters

Stop wasting your work by abandoning stuck projects. You built something real. It was working. Then you added a new feature and suddenly, something broke and your efforts to fix it have left you in a frustrating (and seemingly never-ending) debugging loop that you can't escape. Join this free lesson to see an example of reframing your approach and getting Unstuck.

You'll learn from

Justin Dougherty

4x VP of Product; 2025 Top 10% Lovable builder

In 2025, I was a top 10% builder on Lovable and I’ve personally navigated the traps of AI-assisted development, producing playable games and complex business apps (highlights linked below). On that journey, I experienced the agony of having your projects fall into a demoralizing debugging loop. From my career in Product Mgmt, I’ve also had a close-up, non-coder’s view of how software can fail. Each time, I persisted, shipping products while learning valuable techniques.

I can help you escape. I’ve used my PM perspective to build a non-technical survivor’s guide for Vibe Coding. The mindsets you’ll learn will have you building your products with the observational powers of a detective. I look forward to teaching you using the same empathy that I apply as a product leader.

Throughout my career in product management, and more recently in Vibe Coding, I've seen a variety of ways that developing software can fail and how to avoid / escape that situation. I want to share these learnings with you, in a non-technical, approachable, and future-forward way.


I will teach you skills and techniques that will continue to work while Vibe Coding, even as the tools and underlying models continue to evolve.

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