REA: Has AI Made All Software Open Source?

🎧 REA: Has AI Made All Software Open Source? What happens to a software business when an AI agent can inspect how a feature works without access to its original source code? REA, short for Reverse Engineer Anything, connects agents to tools that examine applications, binaries and runtime behavior. The agent can then use the findings to write and test an implementation. This episode explores the excitement around software reconstruction, the rise of AI-built alternatives and the implications for product differentiation. It also examines the gap between reproducing a feature and replacing a dependable product. Demonstrations can show what is possible; they do not establish that proprietary software has become obsolete. Drawing on the REA project and multiple commentary sources, this episode was created using Google's NotebookLM. Explore the original project here: https://github.com/morluto/rea