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Why can't vibecode simply replace SaaS platforms even though anyone can build anything now?

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Drawn from Lutz Finger's Forbes column, LinkedIn writing, and Cornell teaching. Sources are cited inline so you can read the originals.

Building a tool and running a platform are fundamentally different jobs.

The trap is thinking that building a tool is the same as running a platform. It is not. Theoretically I can vibecode my own CRM system, an HR system, even a finance platform. But can I manage it? Who does the cybersecurity? Who handles compliance? How do you scale to millions of customers or app calls? Vibecode is changing how engineers work, but does not replace the need for scalable, secure software architecture. This is the trap that SaaS is dead thinking falls into.

— SaaSpocalypse Is Dead - The Future Of SaaS Is SaaS · Forbes


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