THE NEW AGE OF SOFTWARE

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Much software remains unbuilt for construction, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, and healthcare administration, which still run on spreadsheets, paper forms, and systems installed around 1999. Best-paid designers and engineers went to social and ad networks, leaving industries too small, unsexy, or expensive for traditional software economics. Small teams can now build specialized tools in months and proofs of concept in days, and falling switching costs loosen vendor lock-in from legacy enterprise software.