How not to over-complicate tech for MVP
Use a BaaS instead of building from scratch.
Most of the people over-complicate tech when building the MVP / v1 of their product.
Mistake: Where They Go Wrong?
❌ Your product might end up failing since it took 5x time to build your own infrastructure
❌ You need to handle security, scaling, deployments, observability and so many stuff.
Solution: Use a BaaS Instead!
✅ Your GTM takes upto 5x less time
✅ You can safely ignore security, scaling, and all the complexity which comes with backend infra
For 99% of the products, they don't need to build their own infra, and simply use BaaS or similar tech.
What is a BaaS?
Backend as a Service (BaaS) is simply your own backend + database infra without all the hassle.
What are the advantages?
- Removing complexity of Backend + Database infra
- Scalable upto millions of MAUs
- Takes care of best practices like security, scaling
- Affordable, starting from a couple of dollars a month and pay as you go
Popular examples of BaaS are Firebase, Appwrite, Supabase and so on.
And by the time your product reaches millions of MAUs, you'd be in a much better position in terms of resources (cost, team, time) to build your own Infrastructure then.