That really reminds me of the "mashup" bubble in the late 2000's, when all services started to provide API and people were calling themselves "entrepreneurs" for combining 2 sources of data, like putting craigslist ads on a map.

That didn't last long!

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darkwater 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Are you sure? We have many SaaS and final products which are just stitching together more SaaS. We have a very vocal part of the HN community always reminding you to buy a SaaS solution and connect it to your business instead of maintaining an in-house bespoke solution.

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nsnzjznzbx an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Isn't almost everyone doing that. Deploy docker to AWS connecting to Slack, Open AI and Anthropic to do X Y Z.

	▲	agos an hour ago \| parent [-]
		that's like saying my job is to transfer money from my employer to the homeowner. Technically true but something else happens in the process