Indie Dev Builds Free Open-Source Rival to Adobe and Office Using Claude
Veteran engineer Brandon Thomas is using Claude Opus to build seven free open-source Rust apps, including ArtCraft targeting Adobe's creative suite and WordCraft and GridCraft aimed at Microsoft Office, declaring that proprietary software is dead.
2026-10-12 ~ 2026-10-12 · 2 related posts
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