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When workflow tools stop scaling
Visual builders are great until they aren't. Signals it's time to graduate parts of your stack to real code.
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We use workflow tools
For the right job, a visual workflow tool gets you live in a day. We build with them, and with custom services — whatever fits the workflow.
Signals to graduate a workflow
- The same flow is edited every week and breaks every other week
- A single run touches money, identity, or compliance
- You need real retries, idempotency, or long-running state
- Debugging requires opening five tabs
What we usually do
Keep the simple flows where they are. Move the load-bearing ones into a small service with tests, logs, and an owner. The two layers talk over webhooks.
