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Apps Are Files
Apps used to be valuable because they were expensive to build.
How it works
- 1Now you can spin one up for a project and throw it away next week, like an Excel file.
- 2Micro-SaaS for one team beats a monolith for everyone.
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Turn Spreadsheets Into Apps Without a Single Prompt: AI Workflows for Founders With GainableListen to the episodeMore from this episode
Data as the SpecMost operators can’t describe a full app in a prompt.The 5% RuleTeams use about 5% of a typical SaaS tool’s features.Deterministic Core, Probabilistic EdgesLLMs are great at reading messy data and finding connections.One Patch, Every AppVibe-coded apps are unique, like fingerprints, so each one needs its own security review.The Five-Interview Signal TestInterview five buyers with a research hat on. No selling.Builders and ConsumersIn a company of a few hundred, 10 to 20% start as builders.Team Pain Over Company PainSolve one team’s real problem, not the C-suite’s abstract one.
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