Most small businesses don't need a bigger software stack. They need someone to sit down, learn how the business actually runs, then wire AI around it. That's a design problem before it's a technical one.
Figma was always a means to an end, not the actual thing.
It's actually shocking how good Figma's MCP is and how virtually no one is talking about it.
Like bro, you can design literally anything you can dream up in Figma and have Claude build it pixel-perfect in under 5 minutes.
Designers are so caught up in playing developer that they're overlooking the very thing they've spent their entire careers wishing was possible.
We will build joy (those of us who have any drive whatsoever) and crazy to think what such an economy would look like.
We were always building “Design systems” anyway. So AIUI is just applying that to effective layouts, flows, (UX) on demand.
So like you say, we can finally solve harder problems.
(Not sure I’d call them templates though)
Build education program 4 ur kids
Build vitamins/exercise tracker
Build apps you want
Manage your DMV issues
Manage your insurance issues
Build financial reports
Track your behaviors/habits
Manage your job hunt
Manage your social posts
Build family activity ideas
Design your new kitchen
“Service as a software” (new Saas)
Or maybe… “Service After Software”
Sequoia just made a bold claim:
They think the next $1T company will NOT be a software company.
Their take?
Services will be the new software.
Because SaaS companies have spent 25 years fighting over a smaller budget in comparison.
For every $1 companies spend on software → they spend about $6 on services.
For reference:
• A company might pay $10K a year for QuickBooks.
• And $120K for the accountant who closes the books.
AI has completely changed that.
Now, a company can sell the finished WORK instead of the tool.
Here's how the 3 models compare:
TRADITIONAL SAAS
• The customer buys access to software, and their own team runs it.
• Growth is capped by product + distribution.
TRADITIONAL SERVICES
• The customer buys people's time + expertise
• Growth is capped by hiring.
SERVICE-AS-A-SOFTWARE
• The customer buys a completed piece of work.
• Software handles most of the delivery, with the provider's team on decisions + exceptions.
• Growth is capped by how much of the work software can do reliably.
Something to keep an eye on.
I also have a generation board (waterfall style) where it constantly builds new combos and I thumbs up/down them with notes for learning