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Mythbusting: Vendor lock-in is a big problem

NoCode.Tech Free Beginner

The useful counterweight to the doom takes. It agrees lock-in is real but argues it is often overstated, and more importantly it shows how to shrink it: keep your data in an external store like Airtable, document your build, lean on API calls, and pick platforms you can actually migrate away from. Good for deciding when the convenience is worth the trade.

• Storing data in an external database limits how much any platform can trap you.
• Documenting your build makes a future rebuild far cheaper.
• Early apps are rarely business critical, which limits a vendor's leverage over you.