Noah Kagan: vibe coding isn't killing software, AI just does the job now
Noah Kagan's week, by his own count: an AI assistant negotiated more than $174 of Amazon purchases back in two minutes across three support chats, Claude Code built a custom landing page for Marc Lou with no designer or page builder, and his AppSumo morning dashboard now updates itself with no BI software. He didn't write code and he didn't buy software. His take is that the opportunity moves to distribution, teaching and done-for-you setups. For SaaS, the warning is that the zombies aren't coming for your features first. They're coming for the job your features used to do.
Vibe coding isn't killing software.
AI just does the job now.
This week:
• Grok Bot negotiated $174.18+ dollars of Amazon purchases back in 2 minutes. 3 chats with support.
• A custom landing page for Marc Lou. No designer. No page builder. Claude Code just built it.
• My AppSumo morning dashboard updates itself every morning. No Bi software.I didn't write code. I didn't buy software.
So where's the opportunity?
1- Distribution. Anyone can build now. Few can get in front of buyers.
2- Teaching. Most people still don't know AI can do this.
3- Done-for-you. Most people will never set this up. They'll pay you to.What am I missing?
— Noah Kagan, read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
- David Kobia hit a broken support link and vibe coded a SendGrid alternative by Sunday night
- Hunter Bohm cancelled 5 subscriptions in two weeks with Claude Code, about $134 a month
- Kelly C. built a half-decent CRM in about the time it took to research and price CRMs
- Noah Kagan says Claude Max killed $15,788 a year of software, Carta and Zapier included
- Pawan cancelled $1,700/month construction software after bots rebuilt it on QuickBooks