Comment by codingdave

4 hours ago

Everyone could build a SaaS before, it just is quicker and cheaper now because you don't have to hire a coder. The difference between success and failure is still building the "correct" product, for both meanings of "correct". For those who are unaware, meaning #1 is to build the product that the market will adopt, meaning #2 is to build the product correctly so it is sustainable and maintainable.

LLMs do not guarantee either of those, so unless they improve to the point where they do, this really doesn't change the overall market, it just changes the level of resources required to play.

What LLMs are going to replace is more likely to be the spreadsheets that departments run on, sharepoint and salesforce lists, and other such low-cost, low-effort, and legacy tools that departments tend to use for their own local processes.