Someone vibe-coded a free Photoshop alternative

Read the byline carefully: gxjo did not build this. "Somebody" did, with GPT-6 Astra, and gxjo is the person who stopped scrolling and shared it.

The post is three numbers, and together they are a business argument: about $2,000 in tokens to build, free for the people who use it, 170 of them on the first day. The cost of making a tool and the cost of using it have come apart. One is a model bill; the other is zero — which is why strangers will try something with no brand behind it.

A Photoshop alternative is a bold target, because everyone knows exactly what the real thing does. Day-one users are not a compliment; they are a review that has already started.