Etsy for Hand-Coded Software: A Premium Market for 100% AI-Free Apps
bendee983 · x · 2026-08-04
As AI-generated code becomes ubiquitous, a user proposed a counter-intuitive product idea: building an Etsy-like marketplace specifically for software that is "100% written by hand" with zero AI involvement.
The core selling point isn't necessarily technical superiority, but rather the craftsmanship. Similar to handmade goods on Etsy, users would pay a premium for the value of the human effort and the individual developer behind the code.
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