TikTok turns on vibe-coded Photoshop alternative; ex-Adobe dev says no one knows what's in Adobe's code either
jasonkneen · x · 2026-10-12
TikTok is blowing up telling people not to use a vibe-coded open-source Photoshop alternative because it's "AI slop". NickADobos pushes back: enterprise codebases like Adobe's are too large for any single employee to know, with portions gated behind IT permissions. The alternative is open source, so anyone can actually read it — and Claude can support it better than any human, he jokes.
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