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Shanna Dige has published a write-up of how she automated her 35mm film scanning workflow, laying out the hardware and software steps that move negatives from the camera to digital files with minimal manual handling. The piece is drawing attention from photography and film-shooting communities, where enthusiasts are comparing notes on streamlining their own darkroom-to-digital setups and debating the trade-offs of automation.
- 2ArtCraft's vibe-coded apps fuel debate over Adobe's Creative Cloud●What ArtCraft's Vibe-Coded Apps Say About Adobe Article URL: https:// tedium.co/2026/10/08/artcraft- vibe-coding-creativ
A Tedium essay examines ArtCraft, a startup building creative applications largely through AI-assisted 'vibe coding', and asks what that approach says about Adobe's dominance in creative software. The piece argues that rapidly generated, AI-built tools challenge the long development cycles behind Creative Cloud, raising questions about whether Adobe's incumbency is vulnerable to cheaper, faster rivals.
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A Tedium piece examines ArtCraft, an effort to rebuild tools in the mold of Adobe's Creative Cloud using vibe coding, where apps are largely generated through AI prompts. The article argues these lightweight, AI-built alternatives highlight frustration with Adobe's subscription pricing and heavyweight software, and raise questions about whether traditional creative suites can keep their dominance as AI-coded tools proliferate.