vr3690

I did the same thing just before you replied. The difference with "saas" is super trivial though.

Came across this article on Medium and wondered the people here on HN think about it.

I am not sure about the author's methodology for comparing OSS with SaaS APIs. Looks very pseudo-sceincey. But if there's any truth in the conclusion (that people are leaning more towards SaaS APIs than OSS), I am worried over time it will increase the barrier to entry for building new software thus resulting in fewer awesome stuff unless you have deeper pockets.

I have been using SendGrid for a side project. Can't recommend it enough.

It would probably be best to understand the fundamentals and then to figure out how components of the "stack" are wired together. This might help be a starting point - https://github.com/gaearon/react-makes-you-sad