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Paint.NET’s author disclosed that Claude helped create a 180,000-line clean-room Direct2D rewrite used on WINE.

Sep 2, 2026, first seen via Simon Willison

Paint.NET author Rick Brewster says Claude helped create a 180,000-line clean-room Direct2D rewrite used by Paint.NET on WINE, with limited human review.

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