Original Reddit post

I keep seeing people trying to take advantage of Claude Code and similar coding tools to edge into software development as builders of a new SAAS. I’m sure there’s some money to be made there, and certainly there are some SAAS applications in niche industries that weren’t really feasible before, but suddenly feasible now. But any potential for success/income with that strategy feels immediately ephemeral on its face. If you could build the SAAS we’re talking about solo, so can anyone else. Especially anyone else with more resources or time than you – it feels like a race to the bottom. I feel like the most radical shift that’s incoming is the idea that we can actually just be using these tools to help solve the real problems of society . Now a person who is just smart and cares a ton can actually make a dent in making a solution to a problem that otherwise was too unsexy for funding/support with like 1% of the resources previously required. Supporting special interests and groups of people that are small but worthy, or sharing resources and tools with regions and countries that otherwise could never afford it. There’s so much good to be done there, that was previously impossible because of the prior paradigm’s cost-benefit math. It’s really frustrating to me to see so many people crowd the space with trying to make money, which seems almost like a fool’s errand at this point. You’re suddenly immensely more powerful and capable than you were one year ago. How are you going to help people? submitted by /u/brhkim

Originally posted by u/brhkim on r/ClaudeCode