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Attention over time

7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-08-06

Final complete day: 2026-08-06. Attention was 1.5% — this entity appeared in 26 of 1,744 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (30 mentions).

Each point is a seven-day rolling window of complete UTC days; a point is comparable only when at least 100 analyzed posts or comments fall inside it. A day with no analyzed records counts as zero; missing coverage is marked and never shown as zero. The series ends at the latest complete analyzed day — it never extends into the current incomplete day. How attention is measured.

Recent mentions

1. 2026-08-06 23:26 UTCComment

   There is opportunity imo especially because of how tired people are with predatory SaaS subscription practices. It causes a backlash creating new users every time they get fed up with the SaaS equivalent for software you could provide an alternative for. I think about Sublime Text a lot for this, plenty of SaaS alternatives like Jetbrains, but I don't know anyone who loves JB but plenty of devs love ST. Generating > $6 million a year and they are only a 2 man team with little underlying costs. That's a lot of cheddar going into their pockets for just building a good offline editor.

2. 2026-08-06 22:23 UTCComment

   There's definitely still a market for it, especially in specialized industries. If your software saves people time, they won't care whether it's SaaS or a desktop app. The biggest challenge isn't the product, it's distribution. If you can reach the right audience, desktop software can still do well.

3. 2026-08-06 21:49 UTCComment

   Saas software exists primarily because the enterprise has always sold support and support renewals. Not having to supply the IT infrastructure was also nice. Also it turns software into an operating cost. If you sell to businesses, this is the best way. If you're b2c, then you can sell it however you like.

4. 2026-08-06 17:29 UTCComment

   Anything can be a good path if it solves a problem people want to pay for. Software has turned to subscription models because they have solutions people already paid for, and why have them pay only once if they can keep on paying?

5. 2026-08-06 17:21 UTCPost

   Is building offline desktop software still a good path in 2026? (I will not promote) - It feels like most software discussions I see now revolve around SaaS, AI automation, web apps, or a subscription model of some kind. I’ve been going in a different direction and building small offline desktop tools that solve problems I personally have, such as handling large local media collections or speeding up repetitive work in my day job as a hydrogeologist. These programs can be fast, private, offline, and sold as a straightforward product rather than an ongoing service. At the same time, it seems harder to distribute and less fashionable than SaaS. I’m curious how others see this space in 2026. Is there still a meaningful opportunity in focused offline software, especially for niche professional markets or local tools? Or is the market too limited compared with web-based products? I’d especially like to hear from anyone building or selling desktop software rather than SaaS.