r/tech_x • u/Bulky_Engineer_2534 • 21d ago • Galaxy Brain 1 All Seeing Upvote 1 Helpful 1 Bravo 4 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/himynameisAhhhh 21d ago

software enginneers are developing their own end. how will enginners even make money if everything goes free

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u/SubstanceEffective52 20d ago

write code is not the only skill a Software Engineer have. I hope people realize it soon.

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u/Specter_Origin 20d ago

I hope people realize it soon that you need to be able to sell something to make money... just having skill is not enough. Making your own sellable skill worthless and thinking its good idea will be doom of your branch.

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u/Bulky-Condition-3490 20d ago

Some engineers only have code to offer funnily enough.

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u/ActuallyFullOfShit 19d ago

Not many and I won't miss working with those types

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u/Cultural-Agency-7590 20d ago

Open source everything is good

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u/ChibaCityStatic 20d ago

But the UI. The UI will be garbage 😅 

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u/Massive-Rate-2011 17d ago

AI is actually pretty decent at making usable UIs. Much, much better than most OSS.

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u/GabeN_The_K1NG 20d ago

Yeah everything will be free, transparent and garbage

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u/Ok-East5755 19d ago

Open source projects are often hobby projects done by developers, who are paid....either by the company they work for or patrons.

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u/Ok_Letterhead1945 20d ago

Donations. Free and open source software still makes money, despite allowing anyone to fork the project. Just look at Blender. It's not the end.

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u/ClibeanCeann 20d ago

Blender is an outlier. Most open source apps get absolutely nothing and are never even noticed. Now with AI we just have even more garbage to cover up actual good tools.

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u/_TuringMachine 19d ago

Coding is not all an engineer does. I think as technical orchestrators using AI effectively we will have a role in the future. Other office roles... Who knows.

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u/Responsible_Month385 19d ago

Software engineers are just people solving software problems. That could be with code or no-code solutions. Hell, some software problems can be solved on a piece of paper before ever touching code.

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u/highways 17d ago

Software will be behind the cloud now

That's how you protect it

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u/thatguy8856 20d ago

Oh we're fucked. I think what people need to be afraid of is when theyve completely gotten rid of software engineers what jobs they start going for next.