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Navigating the SaaSpocalypse – The Product Portfolio Edition
Introduction The SaaSpocalypse is indeed real. The rise of AI has brought a new competitor – that of a custom vibe-coded solution. Those without the right product are at significant risk of disruption. Hundreds of millions of people now use LLMs on a daily basis around the world and user taste has materially changed -…
APIs are the New UX (and don’t look like they used to…)
In the pre-AI era, users “used” applications. They had to adapt their workflows around them. Automations and integrations were few and far between – and typically implemented and maintained by IT or consultants. AI makes all of this effectively irrelevant. Now, users can work the way they want to with their own UX. You can…
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