✏️ Learn how splitting your processes into separate Quickbase applications can simplify role management and boost performance as your apps and data grow.
When you’re building in Quickbase, it’s natural to start with everything under one roof. After all, it feels cleaner, simpler, and faster at the start.
But as your app (and your ambitions) grow, you might start to feel some of those growing pains—slower load times, complex role management, and conversations with your Account Team that start with: “Why is everything running so slowly?”
Let’s talk about how separating your processes into different applications can be a game changer for both scalability and performance. (Or watch the Qrew clip here.)
Complexity Grows with Your App
As your team expands and more people get involved, your role management can get... well, messy. One app means more roles to manage, more permissions to fine-tune, and a higher chance for confusion.
→ Splitting your processes into separate applications simplifies role management. Each app is tailored to its specific users and data set, making controlling access and keeping things organized easier.
Performance Matters—Even if You’re Not "Shooting to the Moon"
In the early days of app building, data limits rarely feel like an issue. Quickbase can handle a lot!
But it’s not just about the data volume—it’s about the lift your app is doing behind the scenes. As you add more processes and archives, that lift increases. Eventually, it can start to weigh down performance, not just in the app itself, but across your entire Quickbase realm.
→ Distributing processes across multiple apps reduces the strain on each one, keeping everything running smoothly and avoiding those performance bottlenecks.
Think Long-Term Scalability
The bottom line? If you have a process that involves a specific group of people or a unique data subset, consider giving it its own app.
It might feel like extra work up front, but your future self (and your users!) will thank you. You’ll avoid slowdowns, simplify user management, and keep your infrastructure flexible as you grow.
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Until next week,
Aeris
