compare use Bubble internal DB and switch to use DB on API Connection ( not the bubble SQL connector )
Would it be a significant reduce in WU unit? especially on apps performance alot searches on DB.
Depends on the app, but if using an external DB, Bubble isn’t the best low/nocode platform.
@georgecollier but it is less consuming doing API calls than querying Bubble database right?
That’s why lot of people pairing Bubble with Xano or Supabase
@zhihong0321 how many tables you have?
You could move only the table that is consuming more WUs into an external database
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Yeah of course, but if you’re heavily relying on an external DB, Bubble objectively isn’t a good front-end builder and other options are better.
Bubble’s an average backend, and an average front-end, but a great fullstack tool.
Yeah, agree with how you described Bubble there!
I found myself in a situation where I learned Buildship for the backend but I don’t want to learn a new frontend yet, so I remain with Bubble.
I think moving the table that consumes the most WU’s to an external database is a good approach though. You can keep the tables synced with a CRON job that run every ‘x’ time for example
Well said