Adobe has a big problem

Someone just clean-room ported seven Adobe apps to Rust, and Wes is shocked at how good it is. Scott and Wes break down what it gets right, what’s still missing, and why copying software is easy but inventing what comes next is the hard part. 🔥 Be the ~19,500th person to join our super tasty newsletter https://bit.ly/syntax_snackpack 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:12 Adobe Is in Trouble: A Clean Room Port of the Entire Suite 02:22 Scott’s Long Running Adobe Grudge Since 2017 03:42 Figma Is Not a Raster Tool: Why Every Alternative Falls Short 04:40 Opening Real Photoshop Files: Masks, Half Tones and Blend Modes 06:30 What Clean Room Porting Actually Means 09:54 A Familiar Interface, Entirely Built in Rust 10:15 Don’t Trash the Whole Thing Over One or Two Bugs 12:14 What’s Missing: Artboards and the Tiny UI Interactions 13:53 Where Are the Vibe Coded Photoshops? Four Months Later 14:33 Figma’s Locked Down MCP and the Backlash 17:22 Dylan’s Clap Back at Anthropic’s Own Closed Ecosystem 18:08 The Real Photoshop Replacement Will Be a New Way of Working 21:35 Good UI Is Still the Moat 22:28 Caring About Your Project Past Two Days 23:05 Audio Crackles and Paper Cuts: The Bugs Only Humans Chase 24:56 Brought to you by Sentry! 26:28 Copying Is Easy: The Hard Part Is Inventing What Comes Next 27:28 DaVinci Resolve Keeps Shipping Useful Releases 28:26 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs All links available at https://syntax.fm/1047 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: https://x.com/syntaxfm Scott: https://x.com/stolinski Wes: https://x.com/wesbos CJ: https://x.com/CodingGarden Randy:    / @randyrektor   http://www.syntax.fm Brought to you by https://sentry.io/syntax #webdevelopment #webdeveloper #javascript #syntax #syntaxfm #webdev