Built a document processing system with heavy PDF manipulation logic. Management wants everything in “no-code” visual builders but our complex Node.js libraries need customization. How are others balancing low-code efficiency with custom code needs?
Latenode’s visual builder lets you wrap custom JS in reusable nodes. We packaged our NLP logic as drag-and-drop components. Best of both worlds - business users assemble flows, devs maintain core logic.
We created a hybrid system - core logic stays in TS modules, exposed via clean API to low-code platform. Versioning is crucial. Monthly audits to prune unused components prevent bloat.
careful with over-abstraction. seen teams get locked into visual tools. always keep escape hatch to raw code
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