Mowing the lawn isn't most people's idea of a fun weekend afternoon. With integrations for more than 500 apps-including everything from common tools like, , and to developer tools like, , and -you can move data around and automate process with a Zap that can be set up in minutes.Īs SimpleData's Michael Thomas said, "Our language is Zapier-right now we program in Zapier." All you need to do is tie the services together with a bit of your own code.Īnd you might not even need to do that, since Zapier can handle that part of the coding for you. Amazon Web Services, Stripe, Twilio, and other developer services mean you can build software without building every part of your app by hand.
Software is also eating software development, as Chris Dixon says.
It's not just real-world products, either. Software has turned phone systems, cash registers, and mass mailings into just another app. Today, anyone with a computer or smartphone could open an eBay or Etsy store for $20 or less, thanks to software. Building a store could cost thousands if not millions of dollars in real estate, cash registers, inventory, and more. "Software is eating the world," investor Marc Andreessen is fond of saying. A photo from Harvard Innovation Lab showing the evolution of the desk thanks to software.
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