# Malleable Software Will Eat the SaaS World

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**Created:** [27 August 2025 15:01 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/malleable-software-will-eat-the-saas-world/212530 "2025-08-27T15:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [27 August 2025 15:01 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/malleable-software-will-eat-the-saas-world/212530/1 "2025-08-27T15:01:57Z")

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> In the AI era, the winners won’t be the tools you adapt to — they’ll be the tools that adapt to you.
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> Let’s take Linear. It is a beautiful, well-designed, simple but inflexible tool with little room for AI to add value. AI thrives in messy, open-ended spaces where

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> **[Malleable Software Will Eat the SaaS World](https://www.mdubakov.me/malleable-software-will-eat-the-saas-world/)**
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> In the AI era, the winners won’t be the tools you adapt to — they’ll be the tools that adapt to you.
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> Let's take Linear. It is a beautiful, well-designed, simple but inflexible tool with little room for AI to add value. AI thrives in messy,...

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**Author:** ![brennan](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/brennan/32/6725_2.png) [@brennan](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/brennan)\
**Post date:** [28 August 2025 02:38 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/malleable-software-will-eat-the-saas-world/212530/2 "2025-08-28T02:38:47Z")

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A lot will change in the software industry in a few more years because of AI.

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**Author:** ![alvinkatojr](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/alvinkatojr/32/6613_2.png) [@alvinkatojr](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/alvinkatojr)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2025 10:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/malleable-software-will-eat-the-saas-world/212530/3 "2025-09-01T10:50:35Z")

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Some good points raised there, with the biggest things being configuration and customization.

It might not be too late for us to adapt, but the issue is that those two points are based on the initial design decisions made by the architects/designers at the onset of a project.