The marketplace has a bunch of templates for common tasks—data wrangling, chat flows, image generation, that stuff. The pitch is clear: use a template and save time. But I’ve been burned before by templates that seemed close to what I needed but required more customization than building from scratch would have taken.
I’m trying to figure out when a template actually saves time versus when it becomes friction. Like, if I find a template for JavaScript data transformation that’s 80% there, is it worth adapting, or should I just build my specific logic from scratch?
I also want to understand how much you can actually customize these templates without diving into the full code editor. Can you adjust logic with the visual builder, or do you always need to get into JavaScript to make a template work for your specific case?
Has anyone actually used these templates for something close to production? What was the experience? Did you find yourself ripping it apart to make it work, or did it genuinely save you time?
I’m looking for honesty here, not the “templates are amazing” sales pitch. What’s been the real tradeoff for you?