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I know a lot folks don't like Zitron's polemical and sarcastic tone, but I think this piece is worth reading regardless. Despite his tendency to oversimplify, this is one of the best analyses I've read on the SaaS market.

Plus he gets in one incredible groan-worthy pun:

> As a result, it's just cheaper to use Microsoft's faux-Tableau no matter how hard it Tablows

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What is good about the analysis here? I'm sure complaining about Power BI and Salesforce appeals to the HN audience, but his basic point seems to be that SaaS has no good ideas left, is dying, and is creating illusory demand for AI. The evidence of this is that SaaS growth is slowing, but there is no effort to decouple the idea of "peak SaaS" from the broader economic trends of the last 3 years. It seems like typical Zitron negativity with no useful observations at all.

Not to stereotype but I'm not sure I've ever read a British writer who didn't at least a little bit sound like that. I wonder what it is

I had no idea he was British, but now that makes a lot of sense. That's the only country where there's a style of standup comedy that's just erudite ranting. The closest thing we've had in America is George Carlin, but he was sort of one-of-a-kind.

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