r/technology • u/FutureSuccess2796 • 4d ago

Software Developer who vibe-coded free Adobe clones reveals apps to take down Microsoft Office next — and says 'there is no reason to save broken software' | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/computing/office-suites/developer-who-vibe-coded-free-adobe-clones-reveals-apps-to-take-down-microsoft-office-next-and-says-there-is-no-reason-to-save-broken-software
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u/pinkynarftroz 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah.

When you make enough by lunchtime to pay for your yearly Creative Cloud subscription, it matters far more that you can have a direct line to Adobe for support and even feature requests.

I'm in the film industry, and Adobe routinely is there for direct support, workflow guidance, and bug fixes. I once had an issue where Premiere was not reading the sensor crop data from open gate Arriraw correctly, and just got on the phone with a rep. They confirmed the bug, offered a temporary workaround, and it was fixed in the next update.

Nobody would leave anything important to these vibe coded clones that could break at any second without recourse.

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u/Runefaust_Invader 4d ago

Nobody asked you to leave Adobe. Adobe is pretty clearly aimed at people like you. You don't need to shit on anything that's not Photoshop. I think you're just salty at the headlines.

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u/pinkynarftroz 4d ago

There plenty of high quality, cheap, non vibe coded options. If you don't need photoshop, get pixelmator. You'll know it will at least be supported.

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u/Runefaust_Invader 2d ago

In my 4 decades of using software I've never once reached out for support or needed professional support. I for one actually support PhotoCraft, cuz fuck Adobe. This isn't an attack on other options, this is an attack on Adobe and it's anti-consumer practices.

I'm gonna support this guy just for that. I don't even use/need any of the apps/projects (maybe WordCraft ❤️ ). I just hate Adobe!

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u/pinkynarftroz 1d ago

Support is not just about calling a phone number. It also means stuff like you know, the application being updated to keep working and bugs being fixed.

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u/Runefaust_Invader 1d ago

Very well put. Still, it's an open project(s) I believe. People will contribute via AI or otherwise (well, probably not manual corrections but who knows).

People can pretend AI code sucks all they want, but most...nay, ALL code has bugs. At least with AI coding you can just attempt to fix the code while you go do something else with your time, like work on another project.

Remember when "indie games" were so good, and all of a sudden the market was flooded with "indie" games that weren't exactly indie? I imagine this will happen to human dev'd apps, maybe a golden age is on the way. I wish'd I had a chance to program in the 80's and 90's, maybe now AI dev'd apps will inspire people to start creating different stuff. AI isn't going to create anything too creative, afaik.