Reverse Engineer Anything (REA) Goes Viral
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The open‑source REA tool that can AI‑driven decompile Adobe apps has gone viral on GitHub — Fireship warns it’s a barely usable “vibe horseshit” prototype despite its promise, while Matthew Berman hails it as a game‑changing way to make the Adobe suite free and customizable, sparking buzz over its potential to upend paid software.
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Every app on Earth is now open source... whether it likes it or not
Brandon Thomas's Rust-based ArtCraft clones of Adobe apps are technically impressive but 'nearly unusable' for pros, while the viral REA tool's native binary decompilation adds timely context to the open-source Adobe alternative movement.
AI Is Recreating Photoshop and Other Adobe Apps
The trending GitHub project 'reverse engineer anything' uses AI to recreate software like Adobe Photoshop pixel by pixel, sparking claims that paid software could become obsolete and free to customize.