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Challenge, yes, but I wouldn't go far to say "end of". B2C SaaS will have more challenge the easier it gets to create things, but consumers have always been fi
by headcanon 1y ago
Challenge, yes, but I wouldn't go far to say "end of".
B2C SaaS will have more challenge the easier it gets to create things, but consumers have always been fickle anyway.
I'd say B2B SaaS is mostly safe, partially because they want the support and don't want to have to maintain it.
Today we have open-source versions of a lot of SaaS products, but the proprietary ones are still in business, mostly for that reason IME.
- calvinmorrison 1y agoyou can swing it anyway you want - another reason we use spreadsheets, or another reason we don't use airtable, or CRM #37.... all systems require support and upkeep... nobody wants to do it.
- alvah 1y agoI think B2 (small) B SaaS is also in trouble pretty much now. Enterprise is a different thing though, the barriers to entry are not just building and maintaining the software.
- msy 1y agoI don't buy this. Real small business have enough problems that trying to vibe code a Xero replacement isn't really high on the todo list.
- NitpickLawyer 1y agoSmall businesses also use a spreadsheet e-mailed from person to person. A vibe-coded x_table or x_base powered app would get them 80% there with minimal cost. I'd put it in a "it depends" category of things that might or might not happen in the near future.
- Workaccount2 1y agoI'm in a small non-tech business and already have 7 "vibe coded" apps used daily. Two of them are replacements for what would have been paid for software. They wouldn't create a Xero replacement (although ironically I did vibecode a business order/finance tracking app for my own side hustle, fuck paying $30/mo when I just need the basics), they would vibecode any of the litany of small industry specific software packages they use.