Ray Deck explains when exporting code from no-code platforms actually matters. Defensive reasons like platform shutdown fears don't hold up if you can rebuild. The real win is using the platform as a visual editor while hosting elsewhere for edge functions and custom domains.
Should I worry about being able to export my code or my artifacts from the no-code, low-code system that I'm using? The answer is sometimes. I think the bad reason is because you're worried that, you know, the whatever the system is, is going to change your pricing or it's going to go out of business or, you know, do something else that's going to be somewhat untoward. If you've been doing this process right, you have been— more of the knowledge about your system is sitting inside your head and the heads of your key people, and you were already planning on creating a new version of this because, you know, build it again is one of the key mental model principles. For no-code that we talk about in SayChange. A good reason though to do it is because you are making use of their environment as an excellent editor, and you want to make use of some other environment, for example, as an excellent host. Like you have something that creates a web-based application, but you want to make use of more advanced web hosting ideas like edge functions or domain control or things like that. The, so the answer is sometimes, but it's not going to be a defensive move. It should be an offensive one.
