AI agents are starting to eat SaaS(martinalderson.com)

343 points by jnord 10 months ago | 343 comments

Martin Alderson blog post arguing that AI coding agents are reducing demand for SaaS products as companies can cheaply build their own software.

Travel agents took 10 years to collapse. Developers are 3 years in(martinalderson.com)

12 points by martinald 10 months ago | 12 comments

No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user(martinalderson.com)

401 points by jnord 7 months ago | 292 comments

Blog post by Martin Alderson rebutting a Forbes claim that Anthropic's $200/month Claude Code Max plan consumes $5,000 in compute per user.

What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup?(martinalderson.com)

129 points by martinald 1 year ago | 137 comments

Which programming languages are most token-efficient?(martinalderson.com)

87 points by tehnub 9 months ago | 61 comments

Software Pump and Dump(tautvilas.lt)

280 points by brisky 9 months ago | 113 comments

Where is all the new, good software?(natemeyvis.com)

26 points by ingve 13 days ago | 36 comments

Blog post by Nate Meyvis offering conjectural answers to why AI coding hasn't visibly produced more new, good software.

If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?(ptrchm.com)

702 points by pchm 3 months ago | 526 comments

Blog essay arguing that despite hype about AI solving coding and an 'Agentic Era', software quality keeps getting worse.

The Eternal Sloptember(geohot.github.io)

347 points by razin 5 months ago | 280 comments

A blog post by George Hotz arguing that adopting AI coding agents in software development is a costly mistake because their output is subtly broken.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.

AI agents are starting to eat SaaS(martinalderson.com)

343 points by jnord 10 months ago | 343 comments

Martin Alderson blog post arguing that AI coding agents are reducing demand for SaaS products as companies can cheaply build their own software.

Software engineers hate code(dancowell.com)

323 points by dfcowell 3 years ago | 185 comments

A blog post by Dan Cowell arguing that software engineers dislike code and prefer writing less of it.