01CEILING
The no-code build hit its limit
Airtable, Bubble or Retool got you to revenue, and then to record caps, per-seat pricing that scales against you, permissions you can't express, and one automation nobody dares touch. The tool that proved the idea is now the thing blocking it.
02SHEETS
Operations live in one person's workbook
Quoting, scheduling or fulfillment runs on a spreadsheet only one employee fully understands. Versions fork, formulas break silently, and every new hire inherits the chaos instead of a system with rules.
03SILOED
The app and the CRM tell different stories
Customer data gets re-keyed between the tool and the CRM until neither is trusted. An app that isn't wired into your system of record doesn't remove work, it mints a second copy of every mistake.
04HANDOFF
The last dev shop shipped and vanished
A rotating cast of juniors left behind an untested codebase, no docs and a hosting bill in someone else's name. Now every small change is a renegotiation, and nobody on your side can even review the code.