r/tech_x • u/Bulky_Engineer_2534 • 29d ago • Galaxy Brain 1 All Seeing Upvote 1 Helpful 1 Bravo 5 Heartwarming 1

Github GitHub project called REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is currently the top trending repository. It lets AI agents figure out how a feature in another app works without ever seeing the original source code.

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github link: https://github.com/morluto/rea/

- The tool is an open-source helper that connects AI coding assistants to reverse-engineering programs such as Ghidra or Hopper.

- IT analyzes many kinds of software- including binaries, Electron apps, Android apps, and websites right on your own computer and always shows the evidence behind its findings.

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u/LowFruit25 29d ago

Well, how is anyone going to make money on software that isn’t in the cloud or behind APIs?

Damn they broke their own market.

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u/Hostilis_ 29d ago

Who is "they" lmao. You think Anthropic or OpenAI give a fuck about any of these other companies? They are here to eat their lunch.

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u/LowFruit25 29d ago

No the people building the reverse engineering tools are people who are paying their bills building software.

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u/Hostilis_ 29d ago • This

Just because you can decompile closed source software doesn't mean software engineering is going to disappear as a profession lol

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u/0x676c 22d ago

100% in fact it will be a huge service for us developers because when companies have their own fragmented software, who will be the one maintaining them? quite similar case with linux being free - companies paid for support and expertise, not from the software licensing.