I was trying to get feedback comparing (beyond the coding) between bubble vs. code stack. All the items bubble handles behind the scenes vs. what you would need to handle if running your own stack
I had link to the vercel app site I created with the comparison table. I thought it would be better than the “I am leaving posts” etc. I was trying to convince myself to stay on bubble.
So moderators → can I repost it. I can dm you the link. It’s actually good content. If bubble communicated their value in terms of all the devops they handle vs code, they might keep more bubblers from popping out to code!
I mean, we hear about people going to some of the AI builders, but on the other hand, we don’t know how many users they have or if they plan to grow.
If you have, say, 10 users, then go for whatever is easiest for you.
If you plan on growing, remember there are a ton of things you need to consider that AI won’t automatically handle for you…
Auth edge cases
Race conditions
Idempotency
Memory leaks
Degradation…
the list goes on.
So, your whole AI-produced thing left out the whole factor of the number of users.
With the AI stuff out there now, most developers who have been coding think, this is great, a helper.
Non-coders think, “This is great, I can build an app… not thinking about the fact that AI won’t wake them up one morning and tell them they need to handle auth edge cases.”
So many things to consider. Your whole analysis did nothing to take into account the number of users.
If you’re planning on building a hobby app with 10 users, I’d say do what’s easiest for you. If you’re planning on long-term growth…for now, I’d stick with Bubble
Tom ( @bubble-builder ) is legit and is running a revenue generating business with a Bubble app @fede.bubble
I can vouch for him.
Yeah - the post could probably sound less bot-like
TBH I’ve been having this discussion with him for over a month.
And @senecadatabase is right - the conversation is more nuanced. The number of users, scalability and production-readiness should be considered.
We both concluded that Bubble does have an edge when it comes to more serious, production grade apps. And it takes away the devops headache in the process - which is massive.
That’s a great reason for more founders and startups (post-MVP) to use Bubble instead of vibecoding platforms (I’ve guided several founders to Bubble myself after they got spooked on Lovable or Replit).
Too many people don’t realize this for some reason.
They shoudn’t have to waste time on vibecoding before realizing that Bubble is the right tool for them.
I was doing an analysis of all the things bubble takes care of dev-ops (and more). For me that would be extremely important information when choosing to develop on bubble over choosing to use any other real code stack in this new fast evolving agentic coding age.
Even Base44 has realized they can win over bubble-like-developers or people drawn to agentic coding as they just released base44 backend sdk which looks like a possible game changer again as its kind of close to what bubble offers.
My table painted bubble in a good light, and I was trying to get feedback on all the points
