The entire SaaS market is going to zero because features can be rebuilt in five minutes with agents.

The entire SaaS market is going to zero because features can be rebuilt in five minutes with agents. | I just sat there and that was my okay, I now kind of understand why the entire SAS market is going to zero at the moment because I was able to single-handedly in five minutes rebuild this week's long probably multi-million dollar feature.

I just sat there and that was my okay, I now kind of understand why the entire SAS market is going to zero at the moment because I was able to single-handedly in five minutes rebuild this week's long probably multi-million dollar feature.

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