"Thomas (Thomas Brandon, ArtCraft) says he used Anthropic's Claude Opus to help create clean room replacements in Rust with browser-based versions using WebAssembly. And he made a rather ambitious declaration: software is over. Well, sure. Let's pretend. But let's not uninstall Photoshop just yet.
Ars points out that these are very clearly alpha releases. They have missing features, bugs, and plenty of ground to cover before they can realistically replace mature professional tools. And that's the part that often gets lost in AI demos. Generating an interface is one thing. Reproducing years of edge cases, file compatibility, reliability, performance, and professional workflows is something else entirely."
Can Rust and WebAssembly match mature tools yet? 🧩 Edge cases say no.