Ask HN: Why did Microsoft invest in AI that could rewrite its apps from scratch?

4•amichail•47m ago

Maybe they didn't anticipate how good AI would become at vibe coding apps in general and its office apps in particular?

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xvxvx•42m ago

Has AI done that? I saw a submission on HN earlier this week stating someone used AI to clone Adobe Cloud. Turned out to be BS. Apps didn’t work. Wouldn’t even install on Windows.

amichail•39m ago

Try wordcraft: https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft

On macOS: brew install wordcraft

wg0•29m ago

It works wonderfully. For a very early version.

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