The Golden Age of Useless Software: Why the Smartest Builders Are Abandoning the Unicorn Dream
A developer creates a whitelist-only email service with a spy theme. Another builds a mini frontend framework that beats React. A third turns prompts into 3D car wraps. These aren’t startups — they’re personal rebellions. And they reveal the new direction of software: hyper-niche, minimalist, and built for an audience of one. Here’s why that’s the most exciting thing happening in tech.