{
  "id": 5026022,
  "title": "Quoting Rick Brewster",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/quoting-rick-brewster",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-02T05:50:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Simon Willison",
    "slug": "simon-willison",
    "url": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/2/rick-brewster/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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. And I can't just \"disable\" the use of Direct2D. So, instead, Paint.NET now has an internal, from-scratch, clean-room reverse-engineered rewrite of Direct2D that it uses on WINE (triggered by using /wine ). It lives in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}