Attack of the Vibe Coded Photoshop Clones
riffraff · hn · 2026-10-12
A Hacker News discussion around a Shokunin Studio blog post examines the wave of AI-vibe-coded Photoshop clones: developers are using AI coding tools to spin up image editors that once took massive engineering effort, raising questions about quality, differentiation, and Photoshop's remaining moat.
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