I Deleted the Admin Panel. And I’m Never Going Back.
Last Updated on February 9, 2026 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Adi Insights and Innovations
Originally published on Towards AI.
Why building CRUD apps is a waste of your engineering talent
Every startup has that project. It sits in the corner of the backlog, ignored and loathed.
The article discusses the inefficiencies associated with traditional admin panels in startups, illustrating how the author replaced a cumbersome React application with a streamlined chat interface linked to a Text-to-SQL agent. By eliminating complex UIs that no one uses, the development team significantly increased their productivity. The piece emphasizes a shift towards utilizing AI for data queries, advocating for less technical debt and a focus on direct data interaction rather than building conventional admin panels, ultimately freeing engineers from restrictive digital assembly line tasks.
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