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A common belief is that an experienced software developer steers AI (whether via Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Opencode, browser et al) much more effectively than a "layperson". I concur.

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How much is “much more”. It is still a number.

I doubt any single engineer of any level can steer AI into building something complex like lets say Photoshop.

Most of the recent completely vibe coded projects dont do anything as complex as that, they are usually just tiny websites or some slop tui

I disagree, particularly if the engineer is skilled in and directly controls the architectural compartmentalization of the project. I do not see that limit here.

If its that easy why haven't we seen a single attempt being anywhere close?

There's also no technical limit preventing a single engineer without AI from implementing Photoshop all by themselves. The question is can they compete with Adobe.

A single person company wouldn't have to compete with Adobe, for example Photopea is profitable and sustainable project made by just one person. My point was that even Photopea is yet to be copied by any of the engineers using coding agents, let alone the full version of Photoshop.

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