Why Your No-Code App Won't Scale
(And When to Switch)

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The No-Code Trap

No-code tools are fantastic for prototyping and validating ideas. They allow founders to move fast and break things without writing a single line of code. However, as your user base grows and your feature requirements become more complex, you'll inevitably hit a wall.

"The moment you need to optimize for milliseconds or handle complex relational data at scale is the moment no-code becomes technical debt."

When to Rebuild

Here are the key indicators that it's time to migrate to a custom code solution:

• Your database queries are taking longer than 500ms
• You need complex third-party integrations not supported by plugins
• You're spending more time hacking workarounds than building features
• Your monthly bill for no-code tools exceeds the cost of a junior developer

The Migration Strategy

Don't try to rewrite everything at once. Identify the bottleneck—usually the database or the auth system—and strangle the monolith piece by piece.