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We built our own version of Looker with AI and told them we are not renewing

A man at a company that paid $300,000 a year for Looker for ten years says one engineer, working part time for a couple of months with AI, built a home grown replacement for their dashboards. The core idea checked out in a couple of weeks, and the company told Looker it will not renew.

$300,000a year

How it works

  1. One engineer works part time for a couple of months with AI
  2. Builds a home grown version of the company's Looker dashboards
  3. The core idea is checked and works within a couple of weeks
  4. The company starts a one to one conversion so customers barely notice
  5. The company tells Looker it will not renew

Why it’s worth knowing

A ten year, $300,000 a year software subscription was replaced by one part time engineer working with an agent, and the company has already told the vendor it is leaving.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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