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Alright, so let's keep it real for a moment. Have there been any entirely vibecoded SaaS-applications with actual revenue and success beyond the ... "trivial"?
I'm genuinely curious because I'm currently of the opinion that LLM-generated code is not fit for purpose and will not result in any significant applications with decent quality and longevity.
But I also don't want to be stubborn enough to entirely dismiss the idea... but I would like to be convinced by examples.
Unpopular opinion: If you do not perform all the obligations of a license like the AGPLv3 yourself, and would gladly and fearlessly use software produced by someone else exclusively available under that license as part of your software service, you shouln’t offer your software under that license.
Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.
TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.
#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant
RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0
@kattascha dass sowohl @EUCommission & @Europarl_DE sowas wie #Strafzölle auf #CCSS (kommerzielle proprietare #Software), #Services (#SaaS, #Hosting) & #Finanzdienste (#AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard & #PayPal) von mindestens 500-1000% sowie eine #Finanztransaktionssteuer in die #USA von mindestens 50,01% festlegen sollten versteht dich genauso wie #Asylrecht und #Daueraufenthaltfür alle die vor #Trump's Regime fliehen!
@BrideOfLinux - "NEVER EVER USE #SaaS!"
#discord IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!
It's worse than any #IRC, #Mumble or even the old #TeamSpeak & #Skype for that matter.
It combines the disadvantages of #Forum, #paywalled #documentation, #chat and #voicechat with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike #Zulip & Mumble & #XMPP+#OMEMO) it's just an #InformationBlackhole!
I'm shure fecking #dread has better moderation and I'd rather use #MicrosoftTeams + #Slack cuz those at least have proper #moderation tools.
Case in point: I'd rather #SelfHost all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other #GDPR-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.
I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does everything but horrible to go with multiple smaller & good tools
Check @alternativeto and @european_alternatives for options.
@PWS_1 nicht nur das, sondern die #USA ziehen effektiv #Wohlstand aus der #Welt ab!
Wenn wir dann z.B. #SaaS wie #Office365, #Azure, #aws, #GCP & #Zahlungsanbieter wie #AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard & #PayPal gegenrechnen dürfte das sogar noch schlechter aussehen...
@kopptisch if that alone isn't evidence no #Government in the world should use #Microsoft products and services, then IDK what will be!
Is now the time we introduce a new certification for SaaS-applications?
Certified to be developed by Humans, no vibing.
I would... genuinely feel more comfortable buying services knowing it has been crafted by humans rather than non-humans.
I want someone to be responsible and feel ownership for what's "inside", not just responsible for having produced an outside.
@jonny nodds in agreement #Cloud-ification and #SaaS-based #Enshittification has been the #1 painpoint I've seen in #IT!
@Komodore68 ich vertraue #1Password nicht, weil ich #CloudZwang & #SaaS misstraue!
If there were a permanent outage of all #google services starting now, how effected would you be? #planning #prepping #cloud #saas #opensource #cybersecurity #selfhosted
wenn ihr bei #unplugtrump nur an user-facing apps und dienste denkt, denkt nochmal nach.
in D und Europa laufen quasi ALLE #saas lösungen auf #iaas #paas diensten amerikanischer konzerne, auch wenn ein teil der infratruktur lokal steht.
oder anders: stand heute gibt es KEINE cloud aus D/Europa.
@pixelcode neither are there reproduceable builds nor is #Signal's #backend opensoirce'd nor is it possible to #SelfHost.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Nigel_Purchase
Yeah #saas was a clever thing
And I keep talking to people who regret getting rid of their albums and CDs and DVDs, because the intellectual property holders or the streamers or the publishing companies or whatever, they are under no obligation to allow the things to be available online all the time. I threw out a bunch of VHS and DVDs that I really regret too. But I have all my CDs and LPS, and these days, no way am I getting rid of those.
