[eitland]

> We are surrounded by awful software. There’s a lot of work to do- if it could be done cheaper. Currently only rich companies can make great software.

Lots of the awful software is made by awfully rich companies - and lots of good software is made by bootstraped devs.

To mention some interesting examples, both Amazon and Google has gone from great to meh soon after they went from startups to entrenched market leaders.

[jonplackett]

Sorry I’m a bit slow picking this convo back up.

I guess this is why I’m excited. AI will give smaller motivated teams a lot more firepower. One committed person can (or may soon be able to) take on the might of a big company.

These companies are making crap software because their scale makes them hard to compete with. They know there’s no other good options.

I think Sam Altman’s right that there’ll be a 1 person unicorn company at some point.