From MVP to Scale: Technical Debt to Watch Out For
From MVP to Scale: Technical Debt to Watch Out For
April 30, 2025
MVPs are built fast. But to scale, you need to clean up technical shortcuts. At Essid Solutions, we help teams identify and resolve the technical debt that slows growth, increases bugs, and raises cloud costs.
🔧 Common Technical Debt After MVP Launch
- Hardcoded Configs – Environments, secrets, or constants buried in code
- Lack of Tests – No CI, no unit tests, fragile deployments
- Spaghetti Code – No structure, logic mixed across layers
- No Monitoring or Logging – Blind to performance or failure
- Cloud Cost Spikes – Always-on servers, oversized resources
- Manual Deployments – Copy-paste to prod, no rollback safety
- Single-User Data Model – No multi-tenancy, permissions, or audit trails
🌌 Areas Where Debt Builds Up
- Frontend: No reusable components or state management
- Backend: No API standards, undocumented endpoints
- Data: No warehouse planning, pipeline reuse, or tests
- DevOps: No CI/CD, IaC, or staging environments
💼 Use Case: SaaS App Scaling to Enterprise
A startup launched a working MVP but couldn’t close large clients. We:
- Rebuilt the backend with clean FastAPI + OAuth2 auth
- Added logging, monitoring, and API rate limits
- Split prod/staging with CI/CD via GitHub Actions
Result: Cut incident rate in half and signed 2 enterprise customers.
📅 Need a Technical Debt Audit?
We’ll help you refactor fast and scale smoothly, without rebuilding everything.
👉 Book a scale-readiness audit
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