Jason Fried: The bespoke software revolution?
Jason Fried: The bespoke software revolution? I'm not buying it. I think it's good to be skeptical. Especially of the idea that every person will write their own software. Even if it ...
Topic: bespoke software
7 chunks · 6 episodes
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- bespoke software appears in 7 chunks across 6 episodes, from 2025-01-13 to 2026-03-23.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 3/23/26 (2026-03-23), with 2 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with perfectly bespoke, infinite software, and downside risk, while by chunk count it sits between ai generated and code execution; its yearly rank moved from #182 in 2025 to #62 in 2026.
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A blog post about the upcoming rise of "software mechanics."
...hat are horizontal systems of record, like Salesforce. But now with the rise of bespoke software, we'll see it in more personal scenarios again.
PMs are great at distilling a user need into a spec, a definition of software.
..., not less. Imagine if everyone had a personal PM helping them design perfectly bespoke software.
Bespoke creation vs bespoke outcomes are distinct.
Bespoke creation vs bespoke outcomes are distinct. We used to have bespoke software creation and industrial software outcomes. With LLMs and infinite software, we'll have industrial software creation and bespoke software outcomes.
In the world of infinite software, you don't have to build software for an average market.
... software, you don't have to build software for an average market. You can grow bespoke software for each specific person.
Omniscient chatbots as the dominant interaction paradigm might be a castle in the sky.
...doing a perfect job". Another approach to software in the era of AI: generating bespoke software on demand.
One model of AI unbundling apps is that now you'll have swarms of agents poke at and slurp from apps on your behalf.
... not an over-the-top of existing software, but new software emerging. Perfectly bespoke software on demand.