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by csa 123 days ago
> And those companies will do what? Produce products in uber-saturated markets?

> Or magically 9900 more products or markets will be created, all of them successful?

Yes. Products will become more tailored/bespoke rather than a lot of the one size fits all approach that is pervasive now.
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Wilder7977 122 days ago
And if it's so cheap and bespoke, why buying it and not making it in house? What about access to people with know-how of that product? You use a product that only 4 other companies use, you can be sure you won't find any new hire that knows how to use it.

To me it seems the reality works in the opposite way. Among the many products built, some will be successful and will swallow the whole market, like now with basically any software or SaaS product.

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csa 121 days ago
> And if it's so cheap and bespoke, why buying it and not making it in house?

0. Sure, some products will be made in house. That said, being able to spec a product well is a skill that is not as common as some folks seem to think. It also assumes that an org is large enough to have a good internal dev team, which is both rare and relatively expensive.

1. It sloughs responsibility, which many folks want to do.

2. It allows for creation to be done not by committee and/or with less impact from internal politics.

3. It facilitates JIT product/tool development while minimizing costs.

That’s off the top of my head.

The realities of business often point to internal development not being ideal.

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chrystalkey 122 days ago
No? I dont see any indication that this would be a good idea. Or even looked for.
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csa 122 days ago
> No? I dont see any indication that this would be a good idea. Or even looked for.

Do you spec software for a variety of businesses?

I do.

It’s rare that one SaaS or software package does what the people paying want it to do. Either they have to customize internally (expensive and limited to larger orgs with a tech department) or Frankenstein a solution like Salesforce or WordPress with a lot of add ons. And even then, it’s not hitting all pain points.

Being able to spin up or modify an app cheaply and easily will be a massive boon for businesses.

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