Why “Photoshop” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
did you test it? the photo application opened a photo, pinch to zoom worked, the menus are full of buttons. it seems like the features i tested worked. they are mostly in simila…
by basch · Oct 5, 2026
This guy cloned Photoshop and apparently it works. First commit Sep 29, 2026. https://github.com/storytold/photocraft https://github.com/story…
by marshalla · Oct 5, 2026
Not with the kind of vibe coded automatic testing they are talking about, though. You really need to sit down with a Photoshop user to see how they feel about it and how they ap…
by dofm · Oct 5, 2026
Indeed — what I am reading of this strongly suggests a misunderstanding about exactly what it is that makes Photoshop what it is. I think it might be possible to slop-code an Ex…
by dofm · Oct 5, 2026
I sympathize. Obviously you don't need to pay for Photoshop anymore. Does that mean your product is the replacement? No. Just an example. The fact that you or anyone can get to…
by uurrnn · Oct 5, 2026
> Photoshop-, After Effects-, and Blender-class video tools Look, you can’t just write this. When you say something like this, you set the bar extremely high, and open yourself…
by Uehreka · Oct 5, 2026
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Adobe Photoshop is a proprietary raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. It is the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics editing, and its name has become genericised as a verb although Adobe disapproves of such use. Read more on Wikipedia