The Maintenance Burden of Custom Software
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SaaS ain't going nowhere... in fact, it will be more popular than ever before. The notion that "people will just build their own software" is delusional. Most people have zero agency. And even those that *do* have some agency, often lack the technical skills necessary. But let's say you do have agency, technical skills and the willingness to learn -- and you do build your own app as an alternative to something. Congrats... you just completed the easiest 10% of the battle. Because the hard part about software is not *building it*, the hard part is *maintaining* and *fixing* it for the months and years to come. So no, SaaS as a business model is not dead - far from it. We will see more software being built & sold than ever before. Mark my words.