Image: reddit.com · I ported Photoshop 1.0 to C# in 30 minutes
Photoshop 1.0 source code ported to modern C#
After seeing the released 1990 Photoshop 1.0 source code, a developer had Claude Code port it to cross-platform C# in about 30 minutes.
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After seeing a link to the original Photoshop 1.0 source code from 1990, a developer wondered how well Claude Code could port it to modern, cross-platform C#. According to the post, the port took about 30 minutes.
The maker used the experiment to ask what this kind of fast porting means for the future of software ecosystems; the full details are in the linked write-up.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: I ported Photoshop 1.0 to C# in 30 minutesReddit poster: maldersonPosted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
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- The project: martinalderson.com
The maker's write-up.