Hello everyone — I’m curious how people are handling long-term data storage and resilience in their apps they are building with VIBE.
Specifically, how are you thinking about the balance between instance storage, global storage, board columns, updates, and subitems as your apps mature? Have you run into issues with broken linkages, lost references, or data becoming inaccessible over time as boards evolve?
Would love to hear what’s worked, what hasn’t, and anything you’d do differently if you were designing for durability from day one.
Hello @Bkostinsky Thinking about this early makes life much easier later.
What’s worked for us:
We only use instance or global storage for small stuff like config, IDs, and user preferences.
All real business data lives in boards so it’s visible, reportable, and easier to recover.
We avoid hard-coding board or column IDs whenever possible.
We use Connect Boards and Mirror instead of copying data around.
Important actions get logged in Updates or a simple log board.
What’s bitten us:
Using storage for data we later wanted to report on.
Columns getting renamed or deleted without fallback logic.
Leaning too hard on subitems for things that later needed cross-board views.
If we were starting again:
Assume boards will change.
Store key references in more than one place.
Have at least a basic migration plan.
Dr. Tanvi Sachar
Monday Certified Partner, Monday Wizard