Igor Pogany demonstrates Reverse Engineer Anything, an open-source project he uses with an AI assistant to investigate existing software and build alternative implementations. His first example is a screen-drawing app that he customises to fit his own workflow.
He explains the reverse-engineeringReverse engineering examines an existing artifact or system to infer how it is structured or how it behaves. idea, creates a project with access to a local folder and supplies the repositoryRepository context is the relevant source, configuration, history, documentation, dependencies, and worktree state needed to understand a software task. and desired application to an assistant. He recommends an approval-based access settingHuman-in-the-loop command approval requires a person to review and authorize a consequential AI action before it executes. for newcomers so they can review requested operations.
Pogany also shows an example inspired by a polling application. He presents these as practical experiments rather than evidence that every feature or application can be reproduced without further work.
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