Indie hackers build 'boring' non-AI apps as hedge against models eating their SaaS
alexmacgregor__ · x · 2026-09-21
Indie developer yongfook proposes a hedging strategy: keep building in AI while also shipping a deliberately boring, non-AI app for non-technical users, as insurance against frontier models wiping out cutting-edge wrapper products. alexmacgregor urges everyone to start hedging now, framing model-driven disruption of thin SaaS as inevitable.
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