DEV Community: hidao

Is the "SaaS Apocalypse" argument true?

hidao — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:47:21 +0000

While some talk about the "SaaS Apocalypse," I see a different future.

If a SaaS is built to be AI-friendly, isn't it essentially a Business Logic API for AI agents? This raises a key question: For an AI agent, what is the actual difference between "Skills" and "SaaS"?

Created simple phone number compression functions.

hidao — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:50:53 +0000

I have created a function that can shorten and restore strings consisting of phone numbers and digits without using a database.

No special libraries are used, so it can be applied to many languages.

I believe that it can be used for shortening social networking post IDs, for example.

Created VS Code extension: "Embed images in markdown".

hidao — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 13:38:21 +0000

I have been wanting to embed JPEGs and PNGs in Markdown instead of PlantUML and Mermaid for a while, and I came up with a way to do it, so I implemented it.

Although the file size will be larger and the Markdown source will be very ugly, it has the advantage of storing multiple image files in one Markdown file.

Perhaps a similar extension already exists, but I couldn't find it after a little searching, so I decided to develop it.

This extension is published on the marketplace.

Marketplace: Embed images in markdown

postscript:
It looks like a similar technique could be used to embed zip files in markdown files, but I have a feeling it could be used for some evil purpose...