n8n Code Nodes The Code node is powerful and often the wrong tool. The n8n equivalent of dropping into raw SQL when an ORM would do: real cases exist, but the moment a Code node handles logic an expression could, the workflow is harder to read, debug, and maintain. There's also a real perf gap: Code runs in a sandboxed JS runtime, expressions and Edit Fields run in-process, and the per-invocation overhead can be hundreds of times higher in Code (anecdotally 2ms vs 600ms for equivalent logic). For hot paths and large item counts, that compounds. Strong defaults 1. Code node is a last resort. D…