nailed to the door, 2026
The Spiteware Manifesto
Software used to be something you bought.
Then greed figured out how to make you rent every little piece of it.
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With AI, you don't need to be a software developer to make something useful. A decent idea and a free weekend can go surprisingly far.
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It doesn't have to be perfect. Tiny, imperfect apps can solve surprisingly big annoyances.
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One person can now build an alternative to software that once took an entire company.
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Open source it. Give it away. Save someone else the tokens.
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Don't wait for the next startup to solve your problem. Build the damn thing yourself.
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Every useful alternative makes the next paywall a little less powerful.
The walls are already starting to crack.