AI-built Photoshop clone's 631/631 menu checklist hides a ~45% real-work readiness; real-browser testing exposes the gap
HeyZoyaKhan · x · 2026-10-21
- The viral "reimplemented all Adobe products" open-source Photoshop alternative is best captured by its own parity checklist: 631 of 631 menu commands dispatch, but smart-filter re-renders match Photoshop on only 5 of 30 files, and overall "ready for real work" is about 45%. A Community Note had to clarify these are early alpha prototypes.
- The thread's point: 631/631 is wiring — "says nothing about behaviour." The product is the second number, and most AI-built apps only ever show the first.
- Case study: a notes app built by a coding agent passed 7/7 in its own simulated-browser tests, but TestSprite walking real user flows in a real browser (e.g. cross-account note privacy, shown in the run log) surfaced real failures.
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