You think you're lacking [tools], but actually you're lacking [architecture].

You think you're lacking [tools], but actually you're lacking [architecture].

The wishing well has truly appeared. In the old days of software development, there was a joke among engineers: "If only there were a wishing well where requirements could be fulfilled spontaneously." Every new requirement required communication with the PM, evaluation by a systems analyst, scheduling in a sprint, waiting three months, revisions, and more waiting. Every "addition/modification/deletion" was a war of attrition. Now, the wishing well has truly arrived. AI is shortening the distance between "stating a requirement" and "implementing a requirement" from three months to three days. Vibe Coding, AI Agents, and automated workflows are doing something unprecedented: lowering the barrier to logical expression to almost zero. You just need to clearly state what you want, and AI can help you achieve it. ...
SaaS is not dead, but it is no longer "reliable".

SaaS is not dead, but it is no longer "reliable".

Last week's sharp decline in US stocks was partly due to the release of Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Codex-5.3. These weren't just model upgrades; they made many people realize for the first time that a large number of "functional SaaS" services are losing their competitive advantage. This doesn't mean all SaaS will die immediately, but rather that a certain type of SaaS has entered a high-risk zone. Services like Jotform, DocuSign, Monday, and Ragic, which focus on "processes, forms, approvals, and management interfaces," essentially encapsulate requirements → rules → processes → UI → data into a usable product. Now, AI is doing this, and the time...