I Deleted My No-Code Platform and Rewrote 34 Workflows in TypeScript
I deleted two years of work a few weeks ago.
I removed 34 daily automations. These included WhatsApp bots, lead capture, PDF generation, and CRM syncing. I built them using a visual no-code tool. I dragged and dropped boxes on a canvas.
I deleted them all and rewrote them in code.
This is not a post to say no-code is bad. The tool I used helped me ship fast for years. But as my system grew, I fought the tool instead of building.
Here is why code-first won for me:
- Maintenance: I no longer hunt for nodes in a diagram. Every change is a line of code with a git commit. I have full history and easy rollbacks.
- Building: I use reusable modules instead of building from scratch. This makes my work consistent.
- Control: The logic is explicit. There is no magic or surprise behavior.
- No lock-in: My code runs anywhere. I am not tied to one platform schema.
The results were clear. My memory usage dropped from 1.4GB to 150MB. That is a 10x improvement.
The new stats:
- Throughput: 1,167 workflows per second
- Per-workflow overhead: 30ms
- Idle memory: 48MB
I used DBOS to run these workflows. It uses TypeScript and Postgres with durable execution.
Note that the bots are not faster to respond. The LLM sets the speed, not the infrastructure. If someone says a runtime swap made an AI bot instant, be careful.
I did this solo using Claude Code. The tool helped me read existing automations, rewrite them, and catch bugs. I made the decisions while it did the heavy lifting.
The migration was invisible. I used a Caddy reverse proxy to route traffic. I swapped the engine while it was running. My clients felt nothing.
The real win is that the ceiling moved. Limits like "too complex to hand-write" are disappearing.
I no longer ask how to do things faster. I ask what I would build if technical barriers did not exist.
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