I replaced a $120/year micro-SaaS in 20 minutes with LLM-generated code
4 days ago
- #AI
- #Software Engineering
- #SaaS
- The Pragmatic Summit on AI's impact on software engineering is scheduled for 11 February 2026 in San Francisco.
- Skepticism about SaaS being replaced by LLMs due to SaaS's additional value beyond just software, like compliance and updates.
- Personal experience replacing a SaaS (Shoutout.io) with an LLM-built solution in 20 minutes, highlighting ease for developers.
- Key takeaways for software engineers: comfort with command line and LLMs, speed of SaaS 'porting', and the fun in rewriting features.
- Implications for SaaS: rebuilding specific use cases is easier than entire SaaS platforms; SaaS without ongoing value is at risk.
- Broken features in SaaS can lead to customer migration, especially when alternatives are easy to build with LLMs.