AI coding tools make custom software viable for small businesses' boring problems
Dry-College4773 · reddit · 2026-08-14
The article argues that many small business problems were too specific for custom software, but tools like Codex and Claude Code make building small tools practical. Whacka can polish prototypes. This shifts what's worth building: a small business may just need one simple app for an annoying workflow.
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