Software Has Made Us Soft - by Nikunj Kothari

Think outcomes, not tools

The last few decades made software the perfect business. Great margins. Infinite scale. Per-seat pricing. No wonder every grad wants to be a "software" engineer at a big tech company. Companies are hitting tool fatigue. Another dashboard, another subscription, another piece of software to learn. As SaaS bills balloon and tooling sprawls, businesses are rethinking their entire software spend. The old playbook of "find a SaaS product for every need" is breaking. A founder recently turned a $20,000 app quote into a $30 solution on Replit. AI is making the gap between thought and running…

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