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Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Lovable was not designed to make slide decks.
If you want a deck in 30 seconds, use Gamma. It’s fine. It’s fast. It’s average.
If you want a deck that looks like 1999, use PowerPoint.
But if you want a presentation that looks like a high-end software product—with 60fps animations, interactive hover states, and mobile responsiveness—you need to build it in Lovable.
Here is the catch: It is 10x more work.
Gamma is a "One-Click" tool. Lovable is a "Zero-Code" development environment.
To build a deck in Lovable, you have to prompt the navigation logic. You have to debug the layout. You have to "pin" working versions.
So why on earth would you do this?
Because the juice is worth the squeeze.
I have shifted 100% of my presentations to Lovable for three specific reasons:
1. The "Vibe Coding" Skill Stack
When you learn to build a deck in Lovable, you aren't just making slides. You are learning the fundamental workflow of "Vibe Coding" (coding with natural language).
The skills you learn here—pre-prompting for context, creating guardrails, debugging logic loops—are the exact same skills you need to build SaaS apps, automate workflows, or analyze massive datasets.
Building a deck is your training dojo.
2. The "Process" is Universal
Most people fail with AI because they just "Ask."
In my new guide, I teach you the Engineering Workflow:
Context Loading: How to force the AI to memorize your brand colors before it writes a line of code.
The Assembly Line: How to build modular components (Title Slide -> Metrics Slide -> Team Slide) without breaking the whole app.
The Polish: How to use "Visual Edits" to refine pixels without burning credits.
Once you master this process for slides, you can apply it to anything.
3. The "Unfair Advantage"
Your competitors are using Gamma. Their decks look like Gamma decks.
When you walk into a pitch meeting (or send a link) and your "deck" is actually a deployed React Application with smooth Framer Motion transitions and perfect mobile responsiveness... you win on "Perceived Value" before you even start speaking.
(And yes, you can export it to PDF if you really need to).
Introducing: The Lovable Deck Protocol
I documented my entire system. This isn't a theory document; it's a tactical manual.
It covers:
The "Knowledge File" template to lock in your branding.
The "Master Builder" prompts for the 5 essential slide types.
The "Credit-Saver" technique to polish designs for free.
The "Mobile Retrofit" prompt to make your deck look great on an iPhone.
It is harder than Gamma. That’s why it’s better.
Read the full protocol here:
👉 The Lovable Deck Protocol (Notion)
Stop building static slides. Start building software.
Talk soon,
John