Dump Adobe, Use PDFCraft

[Vermonter]

Somebody vibecoded the entire Adobe suite and open sourced it-

ArtCraft

Open Source Tools and Models for Makers, Builders, and Creatives - ArtCraft

github.com

Most of it applications not utilized by appraisers, but the Acrobat clone definitely should be-

GitHub - storytold/pdfcraft: PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written from scratch in pure Rust

PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written from scratch in pure Rust - storytold/pdfcraft

github.com

 

[cashcatz]

Somebody vibecoded the entire Adobe suite and open sourced it-

ArtCraft

Open Source Tools and Models for Makers, Builders, and Creatives - ArtCraft

github.com

Most of it applications not utilized by appraisers, but the Acrobat clone definitely should be-

GitHub - storytold/pdfcraft: PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written from scratch in pure Rust

PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written from scratch in pure Rust - storytold/pdfcraft

github.com

Impressive project, I'm a huge fan of the Rust language which this is built in. In theory, this could be forked and used as the basis for open source UAD 3.6 software.

 

[Vermonter]

Impressive project, I'm a huge fan of the Rust language which this is built in. In theory, this could be forked and used as the basis for open source UAD 3.6 software.

Yup. Was thinking the same thing

 

[cashcatz]

Yup. Was thinking the same thing

I build a sketch engine in Rust, could in theory be wired up to a UI. Rust is cool because it can run in the browser and on the OS if structured right.

 

[Vermonter]

I build a sketch engine in Rust, could in theory be wired up to a UI. Rust is cool because it can run in the browser and on the OS if structured right.

Had claude build a GPAR web app similar to 3.6 in under 15 minutes. Probably take a few more hours to refine and work out the bugs, but it's completely doable. That's pretty much where everything is going. On demand apps built on your pc that you can spin up in a few minutes, have it do what you need and then forget/delete it and move on to the next thing

 

[gorillakimchi]

I guess UAD 3.6 appraisal software could be replicated like this and offered to customers at a significantly lower cost.

 

[Vermonter]

I guess UAD 3.6 appraisal software could be replicated like this and offered to customers at a significantly lower cost.

It could especially with tools like REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)

Still need to be approved by Fannie, Freddie, HUD, etc but encourage anyone smarter than me to do it!

 

[Digger88]

Decompilers AKA reverse engineers are definitely in the limelight these days. Sony is one of the latest victims who announced no More physical games on disc. Also new ps6 games may not work on PS5 and vice versa so now you buy a license which you would have to rebuy for a new system. The other companies have gone to licensing annually or even monthly just to f every last one of their customers as hard as they can but with the most intelligent AI now they can just break down the source code and remake it in Windows or Linux and run it on their PC and there's nothing those companies can do because it's not their own code anymore. Good for them F em. Gamers like to say if buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing lol

 

[Digger88]

Decompilers AKA reverse engineers are definitely in the limelight these days. Sony is one of the latest victims who announced no More physical games on disc. Also new ps6 games may not work on PS5 and vice versa so now you buy a license which you would have to rebuy for a new system. The other companies have gone to licensing annually or even monthly just to f every last one of their customers as hard as they can but with the most intelligent AI now they can just break down the source code and remake it in Windows or Linux and run it on their PC and there's nothing those companies can do because it's not their own code anymore. Good for them F em. Gamers like to say if buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing lol

 

[Vermonter]

Technically it's not stealing code. The AI just reverse engineers the functionality of each feature of an app and reproduces it with code of it's own. Could match the original code or could be something totally different with the same result. This could always be legally done with enough time and man power and now you just prompt a chat and wait.

Weird times we're living in.