Having seen businesses refactor out from low/no code providers to their own code base once there is traction, the value is in the product market fit discovery without shelling out to build a full blown app stack before you have traction. Fundamentally, it’s about capital efficiency.
By all means, if you have the skill set and are confident to get there without a workflow tool, do so, otherwise (maybe you’re biz and product heavy vs tech capability heavy as a team) prove it out and then invest in your tech stack. As the saying goes, you’re not writing code, you’re solving business problems for money. If you don’t have to write code to solve the problem, don’t (or write as little code as possible).
TLDR your workflow tool is either the equivalent of scripts run by cron but more accessible to the team or a spike you intend to clean up and operationalize long term. Treat it as such.
By all means, if you have the skill set and are confident to get there without a workflow tool, do so, otherwise (maybe you’re biz and product heavy vs tech capability heavy as a team) prove it out and then invest in your tech stack. As the saying goes, you’re not writing code, you’re solving business problems for money. If you don’t have to write code to solve the problem, don’t (or write as little code as possible).
TLDR your workflow tool is either the equivalent of scripts run by cron but more accessible to the team or a spike you intend to clean up and operationalize long term. Treat it as such.