Indie Dev Declares Tiny SaaS Golden Era Over as AI Coding Levels the Field

Indie developer nicojeannen argues AI coding tools have destroyed the moat of tiny SaaS, making it like 2019 dropshipping, and that the new edge lies in customer development—actually talking to users—citing Jason Cohen's iterative-hypothesis method.

2026-09-17 ~ 2026-09-18 · 4 related posts

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