WeAreDevelopers Logo WeAreDevelopers
Sign in
For You LIVE
WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Oct 21, 2026

Like Peas in a Pod - What Happens When People Clone Your App?

Ivan Kutskir , Christian Heilmann , Daniel Cranney

Ivan Kutskir single-handedly built a Photoshop killer using 150,000 lines of vanilla JavaScript. Discover how he reverse-engineered PSDs and conquered browser limits to scale Photopea.

Starting at 8:30 · Watch from the beginning

Like Peas in a Pod - What Happens When People Clone Your App? thumbnail

Checking access…

Playback and chapters load privately for Free videos.

Matching moments

3:37 min

Balancing developer productivity tools with digital nostalgia

Andrew MacLean Andrew MacLean +2 · LIVE

4:41 min

Exploring agentic browsers and artificial intelligence generation

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

1:26 min

The push for generative ai in software applications

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

2:06 min

The culture and developer reaction to vibe coding

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +1 · LIVE

3:05 min

Audience Q&A on AI documentation formatting and tools

Edvin Teskeredzic Edvin Teskeredzic · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:17 min

Eco-friendly factory operations and generative AI image errors

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +1 · LIVE

More from WeAreDevelopers LIVE

Humans in the Loop: Storytelling in Tech thumbnail
1:01:28

Humans in the Loop: Storytelling in Tech

Christian Heilmann +2

4 days ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE: Your Brain Is Lying to You: Cognitive Biases in Development thumbnail
1:19:46

Your Brain Is Lying to You: Cognitive Biases in Development

Kate Astrid +2

Last week

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Read more, Prompt Less thumbnail
1:01:30

Read more, Prompt Less

Christian Heilmann +2

3 weeks ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Tech Education in Two Languages thumbnail
1:00:18

Tech Education in Two Languages

Daniel Cranney +1

Oct 2026

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Playing in Production thumbnail
1:06:40

Playing in Production

Andrew MacLean +2

Sep 2026

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Is CSS Catching Up to Flash? thumbnail
1:03:33

Is CSS Catching Up to Flash?

Chris Heilmann +2

Sep 2026

Upcoming sessions on this topic

Open session

Built-In AI in the Browser: Practical Capabilities for Modern Web Apps

  • Piyush Gupta

    Expedia

    Senior Engineering Manager

Open session

Build a Zero-Cost AI Agent in Your Browser

  • Aishwarya Mathuria

    Adobe

    Computer Scientist

  • Nishant Thakur

    Adobe

    Senior Computer Scientist

Open session

Beyond vibe coding: Mastering the AI-native SDLC from code to production

  • Amith Singhee

    IBM

    Director, IBM Research India and AI for Z, SIL; CTO, IBM India / South Asia

Open session

Beware of Strangers Bearing Code: Open Source Trust in the Agent Era

  • Vikram Vaswani

    Consultant

Open session

The Illusion of Green: Why AI-Generated Browser Automation Tests Pass Locally but Fail in CI

  • Puja Jagani

    BrowserStack

    Lead of Open Source and Developer Advocacy

Open session

Your Server-Rendered App Doesn't Know Who It's Talking To

  • Anshul Bansal

    OLX India

    Principal Architect

Related videos

WeAreDevelopers LIVE – Keeping Up with Styles, Data & More thumbnail
1:16:52

Keeping Up with Styles, Data & More

Chris Heilmann +2

LIVE · Feb 2026

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Dapr / Pixels and Generative Art / Open Source and Communities / and more thumbnail
1:11:09

Dapr / Pixels and Generative Art / Open Source and Communities / and more

Chris Heilmann +2

LIVE · Sep 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE – AI vs the Web & AI in Browsers thumbnail
53:46

AI vs the Web & AI in Browsers

Chris Heilmann +2

LIVE · Oct 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Building The World’s Worst Image Editor™ thumbnail
58:02

Building The World’s Worst Image Editor™

Chris Heilmann +2

LIVE · Apr 2026

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Local Transcriptions with Open-Source AI thumbnail
1:01:49

Local Transcriptions with Open-Source AI

Chris Heilmann +2

LIVE · Jun 2026

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Rendering in the Browser, The State of CSS and Accessibility and more thumbnail
1:02:33

Rendering in the Browser, The State of CSS and Accessibility and more

Chris Heilmann +2

LIVE · Jun 2025

Related articles

From learning to earning

Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.