[Pepp38]

I think part of the disagreement is how “the golden age” is being defined.

If it meant building something decent, ranking on Google, and pushing a few ads, then yeah, that probably is over.But if it means a single person being able to explore ideas, iterate quickly, and build software closely tied to a real, lived problem, I’m not sure we’ve seen that era peak yet.

What seems to be shrinking is generic attention. What seems to be growing is the number of specific problems that are now cheap enough to try solving.

That probably hurts copycat SaaS. It might actually help people with strong taste and proximity to a niche.

[mstank]

Exactly this... I think there will be a golden age of excel replacement SaaS solutions with highly customized UX and workflows for vertical use cases. But, at the same time a lot more competition. Regardless, it will be great for users / companies with these specific problems.

[hermitcrab]

>Regardless, it will be great for users / companies with these specific problems.

If they can ever find the solutions that exist for their specific problem.