Custom-for-1 software

CodeMine https://blog.codemine.be/posts/2026/20260610-custom-software/ -Using LLMs for vibe agentic coding teaches you some things. For example, building working prototypes doesn’t require you to look at any code anymore. It just works™️ with some re-prompting here and there. Another insight is that it suddenly opens the floodgates in a specific region of the software realm: Custom software. At the extreme end of the spectrum, “custom software”, truly custom, is Software-for-1. This could be for 1 person, 1 family, your SO, your company. Whatever. Misunderstandings The goal of custom-for-1 software is often not the same as general purpose software. I say ‘often’ because you can still “sell” it to a specific customer, but that is likely not a maintainable business since the software itself is… well… not re-usable by the very definition of custom-for-1-end-of-the-spectrum. Some differences with general purpose software (excluding open-source): You have no plan of monetizing it. Making…