Comment by _puk

The ease of building highlights the mental overhead of maintenance for me.

This is why SAAS is here to stay. Yes, I can one shot it, but then I've got to maintain it, and I want to get on and play with the next shiny thing!

Doing things for me, awesome, that works. Doing things that have an expectation from a third party, not so fun.

If you build something, sit with your users, listen, build community etc. I don't think that cheapens the final product.