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I'm done. Flow editors are broken. And you all know it

I'm done. Flow editors are broken. And you all know it

by steampixel·May 18, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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●MidBold Bet

Rants about broken abstractions in n8n without shipping a working alternative yet.

Strengths
  • •Correctly identifies that nested menus inside nodes hide logic from the graph structure.
  • •Argues that edges should represent conditions rather than burying them inside black boxes.
Weaknesses
  • •No working product or code demo to validate the proposed architectural changes.
  • •Competes with established players like Voiceflow without a clear technical differentiator.
Target Audience

Low-code developers and automation engineers

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n8n · Botpress · Voiceflow

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