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“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more holistically

https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117395269325940185
368•ent101•6h ago•360 comments

The Slow Formation of Durable Software

https://newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-slow-formation-of-durable-software/
25•benbreen•1d ago•6 comments

Claude Haiku 5.5

https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5
927•sfkgtbor•18h ago•438 comments

OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers

https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/history.md
50•theemathas•4h ago•18 comments

The 15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished

https://shahidhussain.com/writing/search-for-salvage/
171•shahidhussain•3d ago•66 comments

Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits

https://100r.ca/site/home.html
261•Muhammad523•2d ago•85 comments

Margaret Hamilton has died

https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
1690•muglug•14h ago•178 comments

GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone

https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-for-everyone/
669•joshuawright11•18h ago•384 comments

How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-rosalind-franklin-miss-helix-her-iconic-dna-image...
201•pavel_lishin•2d ago•74 comments

'Jonathan' is the oldest land animal on Earth

https://www.404media.co/oldest-living-land-animal-jonathan-the-tortoise/
177•gumby•16h ago•95 comments

The Mathocalypse

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=10169
276•6bitquant•16h ago•295 comments

Cleo (Mathematician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_(mathematician)
173•djoldman•1d ago•35 comments

Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the browser

https://treylorswift.github.io/demoscene-recomp/web/
96•adunk•5h ago•82 comments

Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app

https://bigwords.page/
537•SpeakingOfBrad•20h ago•143 comments

New repository settings for configuring pull request access

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-acc...
25•Bluestein•2d ago•14 comments

Dat-ecosystem: high level applications built on top of P2P protocols

https://dat-ecosystem.org/
22•janandonly•5h ago•12 comments

In Vienna and Beijing, the first (thorium) nuclear clocks begin to tick

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/science/first-nuclear-clocks-thorium-229.html
117•gumby•18h ago•34 comments

Docker Agent

https://github.com/docker/docker-agent
256•saikatsg•18h ago•118 comments

Sharing AI progress in mathematics

https://openai.com/index/sharing-ai-progress-in-mathematics/
1286•OfficialTurkey•1d ago•1459 comments

Bloody Cavemen

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n18/edmund-gordon/bloody-cavemen
14•Thevet•1d ago•1 comments

Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/08/wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2026
8•sonabinu•12m ago•1 comments

Push ifs up and fors down: The idiom, its algebra, and its limits

https://debasishg.github.io/blog/push-ifs-up-fors-down/
157•speckx•17h ago•72 comments

Animated ASCII Art for Web Pages

https://ascii.rest/
383•turrini•21h ago•68 comments

Analog Computer Simulator in the Browser

https://pavel-krivanek.github.io/The-Analog-Thing-Simulator/public/
30•adamnemecek•2d ago•10 comments

Why were Victorian elites so effective?

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-seven-vices-of-highly-effective-victorians/
181•karakoram•21h ago•304 comments

How machines learned precision

https://glinscott.github.io/how-machines-learned-precision/
183•glinscott•1d ago•64 comments

House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/26612080.house-15m-underground-tunnels-sale-300k/
214•librasteve•23h ago•200 comments

Navier–Stokes Lost in Translation

https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08144
321•nill0•20h ago•194 comments

Port of the TypeScript compiler, checker and lsp to Rust, by LLM

https://github.com/pingdotgg/ts-rust
74•jcbhmr•11h ago•126 comments

A minimal kernel in Swift, running in QEMU

https://carette.xyz/posts/minimal_swift_kernel_on_qemu/
91•surprisetalk•1d ago•17 comments
Open in hackernews

Open-Source Rust Alternatives to Adobe Apps

https://getartcraft.com/
29•SweetSoftPillow•1h ago

Comments

armcat•1h ago
Also their GitHub repo: https://github.com/storytold/artcraft
phs318u•59m ago
Is it my imagination or have there been a bunch of similar submissions in the last week? Is one-shotting the Adobe suite in Rust the new pelican on a bicycle?
pitchlatte•57m ago
this one is an actual duplicate:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958850

thw_9a83c•49m ago
Yes, covered extensively over several few days.

There is a full Ars Technica article about this one [1]. Already posted to HN few hours before [2].

[1]: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/software-is-over-bold-ai-...

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000426

fxwin•57m ago
I've seen these posted and amplified in a few places over the past few days now, has anyone who is familiar with the adobe suite actually tried these in depth and can comment on their fidelity/quality?
user43928•45m ago
Apparently the web version doesn't have the Photoshop clone.

I compiled and ran the macOS version in a sandbox, and it's indeed a working Photoshop clone, all the features I expected were there.

I only played with it for 10 minutes, and I did not use regular PhotoShop for some time, but this felt very similar to me.

When trying to Export my DNG as a JPG, the file is not being written and there is no error message. It might be because I'm running it in a sandbox.

fai5a1•37m ago
I tried Lightcraft (Lightroom alternative) for some color correction. It worked fine and the UI is very similar to Lightroom. Though I must disclose I'm not an advanced Lightroom user by any means.
sixtyj•29m ago
DesignCraft - see my comment below / above here in thread.
jhbadger•55m ago
Yes, like last time this was brought up, you can criticize them as both vibe-coded and far from complete, but their Illustrator clone Vectorcraft is quite functional at least -- I think it is more useful than Inkscape now, even in its incomplete form.
piker•52m ago
Which of the last 4 times "this was brought up" in the last 5 days do you mean? https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=getartcraft.com
jhbadger•49m ago
I've only seen one of those -- the first I think. If you are criticizing that it is being brought up too often, you might be right -- I'm just a user, not the developer or submitter.
piker•53m ago
5 posts in the last 3 days for vibe slop. Can we get a ban on this website?
user43928•34m ago
In discussions about 'coding being solved' and the ability to produce large, well working projects with AI, a common question was why we do not see a vibecoded PhotoShop clone then.

This claims to be that.

It's relevant for discussion here about the quality of vibecoded software.

piker•21m ago
Fine, but it’s “asked and answered” at some point.
user43928•10m ago
Not really.

I have seen zero discussion on HN previous to this post. A working photoshop clone should have been discussed earlier and extensively.

Now we have a post with 28 votes and it's already Flagged.

zeandcode•53m ago
Finally, an alternatives
nasso_dev•50m ago
the irony of generative AI maximalists vibe coding software for artists...
meindnoch•49m ago
I wonder which Adobe apps do they mean. From the screenshots/videos it looks like it has zero overlap with the functionality of Photoshop or Illustrator. This is just a slop generator.
Flockster•43m ago
Artcraft seems to be part of their suite. The Photoshop clone is this one https://github.com/storytold/photocraft for example.
NexRebular•49m ago
The license of choice seems a bit strange considering it's created by a machine. Shouldn't CC0 be a lot more appropriate in this case?
fg137•44m ago
It can only be an alternative if 1) it is an exact clone of Adobe apps including feature set and the UI/UX, or 2) it has a different design but provides the same features along with good UX and can help user complete various tasks effectively (which requires tons of UX research on its own). Even small details can matter.

Which is why people still go to Adobe products despite similar products exist, especially for people who are getting paid to use software. They want things to simply work.

I very much doubt a vibe coded application can achieve that, but I'll be happy to be proven wrong.

sixtyj•30m ago
DesignCraft is also a portable app. It works fine, behaves really good. Some things are a little different. You can import idml files (exported from InDesign) and what I see as real progress that its format is described (both Affinity and Adobe use closed formats).
fg137•26m ago
How many hours do you spend on it daily and collaborating with others? Do you use it for professional work?