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Why Not Every Side Project Needs to Be a SaaS

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Developers are shifting from building full SaaS products to creating small, single-purpose web apps that solve one problem without accounts or dashboards. These tools ship faster and are easier to maintain, but distribution remains a challenge as they often get buried in repos or lost in bookmarks. Platforms like Unstore aim to provide a lightweight app store for frictionless discovery and use.

Meridian48 take
The piece highlights a real tension in indie dev culture, but the 'web app store' idea has been tried before and faces the same discovery and monetization hurdles as any marketplace.
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