What the hell, Devin?

Cognition Labs just dropped Devin, an AI Engineer and the internet is on fire (Okay, just Twitter but still). Devin can basically just spin up an entire application all by itself.

In a nutshell, this is what it can do:

• Devin can build and deploy apps end to end.
• Devin can autonomously find and fix bugs in codebases.
• Devin can train and fine tune its own AI models.
• Devin can address bugs and feature requests in open source repositories.
• Devin can contribute to mature production repositories.
• Devin can do real jobs on Upwork
• Devin can learn how to use unfamiliar technologies.

You can check out the demo here.

What does this mean for the MicroSaaS movement?

While a version of AI Engineers has always existed (thanks to ChatGPT), this is a huge moment for (aspiring) MicroSaaS founders.

Reduced barrier for entry for non-tech founders

For the past few years, the barrier for entry has been coming down significantly thanks to no-code/low code tools and ChatGPT-led coding.

But if you’re a non-tech founder and you’ve tried building apps with these, you know it’s limited. With Devin, non-tech founders can truly build serious applications without much trouble.

Brand and distribution will matter more than ever

It feels like such a dumb advice but it cannot be overstated. The idea-to-code process is becoming faster and easier to a point where literally anyone with an idea can turn it into code in a matter of minutes.

This makes brand and distribution even more important than ever before.

1-person billion dollar company is more possible than ever

As Sam Altman predicted, we’re now more closer to 1-person billion dollar company than ever. If you can hire an AI engineer like Devin, it is entirely possible for one person to build and scale a successful MicroSaaS company to a billion dollar. (not sure if at that point it continues to be MicroSaaS but you get my point)

That future is still not here

Devin is just a demo, it’s gonna take a while before it makes it into our hands. So until then, it’s business as usual.

If you have a MicroSaaS idea, writing code or partnering with someone who can write code still seems to be the way forward. For simple ones, no-code tools still work.

I'm also writing this newsletter on Substack on slowly plan on transitioning there to have more control of my audience. I'm also planning to build a community around MicroSaaS and Substack enables me to do that.

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