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Greetings!

This morning, I had a long conversation with my IT colleague about the latest developments in the world of AI. What I learned really impressed me.

During our conversation, we got to talking about reverse engineering. Reverse engineering means recreating something as faithfully as possible based on the information available about it.

“OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra achieves an 88.0% success rate on the SRE benchmark on the first attempt and 99.2% within four attempts. The benchmark tests how well an AI can analyze compiled programs without source code through reverse engineering, as well as understand and explain their core logic.”

What does this mean for the software industry?

Definitely nothing good. There’s already a clone of the Adobe Suite and also of Sony’s PS5. I’ll definitely be digging deeper into these topics over the next few weeks. It’s really completely crazy.

See -> ArtCraft (Adobe Suite clone)

See -> GitHub project AnyPS5 (PS5 clone)

What do you think about this?

Have a great start to the new week!

Best regards,

Chris

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8 Comentarios

Metis@Metis

Just out of curiosity, does that Adobe Suite clone already include a Photoshop alternative? 🤣

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Chris@Chris98_

@Metis More or less, the entire suite is shown here 😅 Photoshop is included, too… as are After Effects and Lightroom

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Metis@Metis

@Chris98_ Interesting. 👀 I caught a glimpse of this over the weekend, but haven't had time to look into it yet. 😅

Personally, that would suit me veeeery well... Adobe Suite is just crazy—an insanely expensive subscription, and if you want to cancel early, you end up paying nearly more than if you just let it run out. 💀

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Wealth-Accelerator@Wealth-Accelerator

I believe that standalone tools without significant integration with mission-critical software are headed for extinction.
But if software is “sticky,” it has a ticket to a bright future.
You discover the true use cases for efficiency and automation by observing people and agents at work.
Wherever “well-trodden paths”—shortcuts in the daily work routine—appear, that’s where you can build the tools and automation of the future. The major software companies are once again sending their developers out to their customers’ production facilities and other locations. Just as software experienced its breakthrough 30 years ago, the software of tomorrow is being written all over again—only this time with the most powerful AI support.

Edit: This is called “forward-deployed engineering.”

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Dirty30@Dirty30

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1. Reverse engineering is not a new development

Software has been analyzed, decompiled, and reverse-engineered for decades. Nevertheless, companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, and Oracle have built up high margins and strong market positions over long periods of time.

The mere fact that software is technically reproducible was already known before the advent of AI.

2. The biggest moat for many software companies is not the code

For successful software companies, corporate value often lies not primarily in the source code, but in:

Customer relationships
Brand strength
Sales networks
Integrations
Data
Workflows
Training and certifications
Ecosystems

Copying Photoshop is one thing; replacing the entire Creative Cloud platform—with its millions of users, agencies, plugins, and enterprise customers—is quite another.

3. AI lowers barriers to entry for all market participants

When AI simplifies software development, not only startups but also established providers benefit.

Microsoft, Adobe, and Salesforce can leverage the same advancements in machine learning to:

Reduce development costs
Accelerate product cycles
Roll out new features faster

This intensifies competition, but it isn’t necessarily disruptive.

4. Open-source copies do not automatically mean economic success

Historically, there have been numerous open-source or lower-cost alternatives to established solutions.

Nevertheless, companies regularly pay for:

Support
Reliability
Security
Compliance
Integration
Guaranteed ongoing development

Technical equivalence does not automatically mean economic equivalence.

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G_Capital@G_Capital

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@Dirty30 💯

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Metis@Metis

P.S.: I'm actually glad about this backlash. That's just what happens when you force everyone to subscribe while AI is becoming massively popular at the same time.

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Caynify@Caynify

Seriously, though, these replicas are just full of bugs—I have no idea why they're getting so much hype.

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