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An ode to software products over software services

David Heinemeier Hansson · 5 Dec 2022

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Software products are preferable to software services

I wish there was a broad category of software that was offered in its final form

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  1. I wish there was a broad category of software that was offered in its final form
  2. Running a software service that has thousands of customers means you're the single point of failure for their dear data

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