Why Your AI-Built App Hits a Wall at 100 Users You built something real with Lovable or Bolt. It works. Users signed up. Then you notice the first crack: your database is still living on the builder's servers. You have no rollback. You can't scale without rebuilding. The builder platform that got you to market is now the thing holding you back. This isn't a flaw in the builder. It's by design. AI builders optimize for iteration speed, not production ownership. They're meant to get you from idea to working prototype in hours. But they were never meant to be your infrastructure. Here's what actually happens when you try to scale on a builder platform: Your data lives in their database. You have no direct access, no migrations path, no way to move it without manual export. If you want to add a feature that requires custom infrastructure, you're stuck. If you need SOC2 compliance or GDPR data residency, you're starting over.…