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Paying for an IDE, course or fancy tools was paying for complementary additions instead of the core.
Just look at the, often smug, messaging of these companies. Your means of producing economic value are being centralized. The perceived and actual value of software products is being lowered, but some keep bragging about how a bot is doing their job.
Open-source models must win.
Most of these apps are rudimentary habit trackers, time management apps etc. so not much creativity, much more recycled ideas. More code != better ideas though.
https://www.a16z.news/i/185469925/app-store-engage https://42matters.com/ios-apple-app-store-statistics-and-tre...
I upvoted it by mistake, it looked genuine at first. However the comments contain a lot of "everything is awesome" responses without backing up their claims. The poster does not participate in the discussion at all.
I like HN but it seems to be getting spammed with hidden ads.
SaaS is not dead. People and businesses benefit from having relatively cheap access to maintained standardized software.
The "SaaS is dead" idea comes from some people using coding agents and thinking that companies will now produce their own internal software packages (CRM etc.) instead of buying in. Why would they bother?
However, highly-specific internal software might see interesting developments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983
Everyone is talking about how many things they are building. Non-devs suddenly building... But nobody seems to call out the basic law of supply and demand.
You can be the greatest marketer but you will fail when all channels are flooded. Thinking your "taste" will save you is a false fallacy, most mainstream products suck and people still buy them. There's not an infinite demand for software.
It will eventually settle in some new market configuration. However devs shouldn't have broken their market by letting everyone in, was a stupid professional move.
However, during the holidays there was a big marketing campaign, mainly on Twitter. Everyone started posting the same talking points repeatedly and suddenly, and triggered a storm of fomo perfect for when everyone was not working.
There was no sudden huge jump, I've been using AI code tools since 2024 and was surprised to see this sudden hype when the tools worked ok before.
SaaS was always about the service part and works better when other companies use the same tool.
Unique software specific to business needs will get more interesting though.
We should be saying "Building X is faster now" instead. But I guess that doesn't induce god complex that effectively.
If you have a valid point to make, you don't need to force FOMO on the reader.
update: Start with "human" or "homo sapiens" and the website keeps changing as you add new words.
Are they really late? Has everyone started using agents and paying $200 subscriptions?
Am I the one wrong here or these expressions of "falling behind" are creating weird FOMO in the industry?
EDIT: I see the usefulness of these tools, however I can't estimate how many people use them.
I understand your thoughts, we have to keep pushing through this and saner heads will prevail.