Vibe coding kills a $10k/year SaaS license in hours — 'any baseline from the last 5 years is gone'
nico_jeannen · x · 2026-10-31
A viral thread argues the SaaS market's foundations are collapsing as AI slashes software production costs. An enterprise dev says they vibe coded a replacement for a library costing tens of thousands per year in a few hours with Claude, canceled the license, and started auditing other expensive vendors — concluding any pricing baseline from the past five years is gone.
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