Definition
Commodity Software Components
The 70% of every new application that repeats across products: authentication, user management, CRUD operations, data pipelines, role-based access control, notifications. Not innovative at any point in software history. Every dev shop built internal boilerplates for these components. The insight: competitive advantage in software has never come from the commodity layer. In the AI era, this is more true than ever — any decent CRM can be built in a day. Abstract and automate the 70%; focus human effort on the differentiating 30%.
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