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		luismedel on Feb 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Best resources on starting a lifestyle bus... I read you since the golden days in "The Business of Software" forums. Congrats for a successful career as a solo dev :-) BTW, I have the feeling that nowadays is way harder to live from "traditional" software than some years ago, except for some system software that a SaaS can't replicate, of course.

hermitcrab on Feb 19, 2024 [–]

Thanks.

The downloadable software has been shrinking for years. But there is still a market and all the 'cool kids' are doing SaaS, so less competition.

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