Reverse engineering in 2026: hand the agent a goal, walk the dog, come back to a perfect IDB
dyn___ · x · 2026-09-16
bl4sty jokes about reverse engineering in 2026: you give the agent a goal — make sure no sub remains, every function gets a CORRECT name, recover all types and signatures, triple-check for mistakes — then walk the dog and come back to 💯👍 finished IDBs. An exaggerated but telling take on how far agent automation has come in highly specialized reverse-engineering work.
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