Writing code has never been cheaper.
With the rise of novel AI code composers (Cursor, Windsurf), you can literally zero-shot / few-shot your entire codebase (AKA "vibe coding", cool!).
Start ups are being built and becoming profitable faster than ever before. @Lovable went from 0 to $17M ARR in 3 months and @bolt.new went from 0 to $40M ARR in 4.5 months.
People have even few-shotted viral games and apps (see https://fly.pieter.com/) with thousands of users.
This is the future of programming and SaaS.
Solopreneurs and indie devs. A parallel to pop stars and indie artists, media conglomerate reporters to indie reporters. We are beginning to see big tech SaaS vs. indie SaaS.
Experienced developers can now "create-your-own" SaaS on the fly for their own custom use cases instead of paying a dividend to big tech. These softwares will not be as quality—maybe lacking in security or scalability—but are perfect for someone that just wants a quick solution circumventing big tech.
It'll be trash. But it'll work. And that's all that matters.