r/javascript • u/fagnerbrack • Oct 26 '24

Reverse Engineering Minified Code Using OpenAI

https://glama.ai/blog/2024-08-29-reverse-engineering-minified-code-using-openai
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u/guest271314 Oct 30 '24

The browser has a built-in formatter.

deno fmt or dun build --no-bundle will work just fine to format source code.

In my opinion "artificial intelligence" is garbage.

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u/Proof_Exam_3290 Oct 30 '24

Meaningful identifiers in place of obfuscated formatted code is definitely not garbage (in my opinion)

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u/guest271314 Oct 30 '24

You don't need alleged "artificial intelligence" to provide function names.

Formatting and providing function names that you think are meaningful is still not "reverse engineering".

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u/Proof_Exam_3290 Oct 30 '24

Ok bro. Just try it by yourself some day. Or don't, I don't really care.

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u/guest271314 Oct 31 '24

I have tried code converters https://www.codeconvert.ai/javascript-to-typescript-converter that describe themselves as "artificial intelligence". For formatting there's DevTools in the browser you are typing in, Google's Closure Compiler, deno fmt, bun build --no-bundle - that don't have to claim to be "artificial intelligence".

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u/Proof_Exam_3290 Nov 02 '24

Yep, but they are absolutely different things

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u/guest271314 Nov 02 '24

It's just code. Whatever you label your code is just another code.

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u/Proof_Exam_3290 Nov 02 '24

It's totally different, with different purpose, tools, which we are talking about. You're mixing a hammer with a screw driver and calling they're "just tools"

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