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How one person vibe coded a Photoshop replacement

One developer spent $2,000 on AI coding to build a Photoshop replacement and cancel their Adobe subscription. People called it crazy. It now has more than 20,000 users.

It is called Photon Studio, with layers, layer effects, warp, healing and clone, filters, and PSD files in and out. It is also built so AI agents like Codex, Claude Code and Cursor can drive it directly.

Made by u/AsejereDaDeje. This write-up follows the original post; it is not an independent product test.

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