The Ten Commandments
of Saaspocalypse

I. Thou shalt own the software thy team uses.

Your repo, your database, your keys. Renting the means of production was never a good idea.

II. Thou shalt not rent thy stack from those who raise the rent yearly.

A vendor whose contract climbs 8–22% every renewal is not a partner. They are a landlord.

III. Thou shalt covet not the 90% of features thy team will never touch.

Build the 10% used daily. Cut the rest before it spreads.

IV. Thou shalt pay for the build, not for the breath of every viewer.

Per-seat pricing taxes collaboration. Owned software has no per-login meter.

V. Honour the data of thy customers, and let no vendor hold the keys.

The right to delete a row is the right to comply with the law. It belongs in your hands, not in a ticket queue.

VI. Thou shalt name every sub-processor in writing.

Before a line of code is laid down. With thirty days' notice for any change.

VII. Thou shalt ship working software every Friday.

That thy faith may be tested, and the demo may be honest.

VIII. Thou shalt run the old beside the new.

No cutover by force. The team itself elects the day the old SaaS goes quiet.

IX. Thou shalt write workflows in code, not in admin menus.

That PRs may review what runs, and that no system die with the admin who built it.

X. Thou shalt make the exit easy.

For the contract that traps thee is the contract that bleeds thee. Ours is exit-friendly by default.