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Attack of the Vibe Coded Photoshop Clones

by Shokunin Studio shokunin.studio published 2026-10-09

Over the last several months I have been tracking AI guys trying to create vibe coded clones of popular apps, especially Adobe’s apps which have always been the most pirated apps since the 90s. There are now about a dozen vibe coded attempts to clone Photoshop and some other Adobe apps, not incl

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