While I consider Parthenon a Business Application framework, lots of people just consider it a SaaS bootstrap. But the thing is, I also think that most people should be using SaaS bootstraps to start their SaaS/Business software both on side projects and in day jobs. I've seen quite a few objections or people not really understanding the value they bring, so I thought I would explain fully. There are different reasons depending on if you're technical or non-technical, so I'll go through the reasoning for both separately.
And I understand there are 100% cases where you shouldn't use these. But for a lot of super early startups or side projects, I really think they would benefit from not reinventing the wheel.
For the purpose of this blog post, I will talk in the context of the three major SaaS bootstraps, which I'll list out at the bottom.