REA hits #1 on GitHub Trending: what's still worth learning in the AI era
Cole Medin · youtube · 2026-10-12
- REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) topped GitHub Trending: point an AI coding agent at an app and it reverse-engineers how a feature works down to the binary, then rebuilds it.
- The answer to 'is anything still worth learning' is yes, because no model can read your mind—reverse engineering works well because the finished app already holds the intent.
- Dumping a ticket into an agent and pasting back output is the 'meat proxy' trap.
- Core framework: the '2x test'—if the next model is twice as good, does this skill matter more or less? Engineers become 'engineers of the harness.'
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