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by raw_anon_1111 129 days ago
All of the major SaaS companies. No company wants to maintain a vibe coded in house SaaS product anymore than they wanted to maintain a Microsoft Access app. AI is a “sustaining innovation” for existing companies.
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HackerNews has been saying, for years, that an idea isn't worth anything. Even before AI, there were ten people who could for every person who did release a SaaS side project or business.

The value is in being able to sell it, being able to offset responsibility, all that ancillary stuff, which AI can't do at the moment.