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> Traditional SaaS products literally “write code” for you (they implement business logic). See: Zapier, Excel. Eh, I'd call those a sort of programming langua
by Wowfunhappy 9mo ago
> Traditional SaaS products literally “write code” for you (they implement business logic). See: Zapier, Excel.
Eh, I'd call those a sort of programming language. The user is still writing code, albeit in a "friendlier" manner. You can't just ask for what you want in English.
> The enshittification is that the costs are going up faster than inflation and companies like OpenAI are talking about adding advertisements.
In 1980, IT would have cost $0 at most companies. It's okay for costs to go up if you're getting a service you were not getting before.
- dangus 9mo agoIn 1980, the costs associated with what we today call IT were not $0, they were just spread around in administrative clerical duties performed by a lot of humans.
- Wowfunhappy 9mo agoOkay, but I think the analogy still works with that framing. These AI products can do tasks that would previously have been performed by a larger number of humans.