AI Moat After PhotoCraft: Clone-Test Your Own Product Before Agents Do
PhotoCraft rebuilt Photoshop's menus in a week; its README says behaviour lags far behind. Audit what a clone of your product could copy and what it would lack.
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PhotoCraft rebuilt Photoshop's menus in a week; its README says behaviour lags far behind. Audit what a clone of your product could copy and what it would lack.
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