Quoting Rick Brewster
Paint.NET added a clean-room Direct2D rewrite for WINE, largely written by Anthropic's Claude and described as unreviewed 'vibe coded' code.
Rick Brewster says Paint.NET now ships a from-scratch, reverse-engineered Direct2D implementation (PaintDotNet.Windows.Direct2D1.Managed.dll) used under WINE via a /wine flag, since Direct2D was never completed well enough there. He credits the Claude coding assistant with writing most of the code, calling it largely 'vibe coded' and not thoroughly reviewed. Simon Willison shared the quote as an example of shipping AI-assisted systems code in production software.
- Paint.NET ships an internal Direct2D reimplementation for WINE triggered by a /wine flag
- Author says most of the code was 'vibe coded' with Claude and not thoroughly reviewed
- Commentary on relying on AI-generated code in production software
- Vendors
- Anthropic
- Organizations
- AnthropicSimon WillisonRick Brewster
- AI models
- Claude
From the original article
Direct2D has always been the biggest hurdle for Paint. NET on WINE, and it's clear that it will never be completed enough for Paint. NET's use.
simonwillison.net
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