zeeg: software's value was never the lines of code, but maintenance and operations
zeeg · x · 2026-10-13
Sentry CEO David Cramer continues his argument that AI won't kill the paid software market: looking at where money actually flows, anything of serious worth is not valued for its lines of code—which still take significant time to produce even with LLMs. Customers pay for maintenance and reliable operations, which is the foundation of SaaS pricing.
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