AI Reverses Everything: Brandon Thomas Uses Claude Opus 5.5 to Open-Source Rewrites of Seven Adobe Software Applications; REA Project Nears 100K Stars
Developer Brandon Thomas, dissatisfied with Adobe's subscription cancellation penalties, used Claude Opus 5.5 to reverse-engineer and rewrite seven Adobe applications, including Photoshop, in Rust and open-sourced them. The Photoshop project alone garnered 46,000 stars in less than 10 days.
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