Comment by outside1234
15 hours ago
It is interesting to think how AI will potentially change the dynamics back to this from general purpose software.
In a world where implementation is free, will we see a return to built for purpose systems like this where we define the inputs and outputs desired and AI builds it from the ground up, completely for purpose?
Probably. It’s already happening with SaaS as an example. I’ve mentioned this on HN a lot in past but my (established) company has been rolling its own CRM and some other tools with AI.
It seems we can build a product ourselves in the same time it would take us to talk to saas vendors and draft the RFP/requirements. We can build it and iterate as the requirements are being forged, so can essentially have completed software with just the features we care about, with full ability to add features in future (something saas doesn’t promise) often before an implementation would even kick off. We’re searching through all our SaaS products and i expect we’ll cut 50% of them in 1-2 years. The ones that are sufficiently complex or regulated have some protection (like accounting systems).
I was thinking the same sans AI. What other industries require low latency high throughput transactions that haven’t been served yet?