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#120 Robin: REA Went Viral for “Cloning Any App” - I Tested It Against Claude Code

Podcast: AI Fire Daily · AIFire.co

Opublikowano: 2026-10-14

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) exploded past 60,000 GitHub stars with claims that AI can now rebuild almost any app. But does it actually beat a regular coding agent? In this episode, we test REA vs. Claude Code by recreating Apple’s Preview app and cloning Wispr Flow to see where reverse engineering really helps — and where the hype starts to fall apart. We’ll talk about: How REA Works: How it connects Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode to tools like Ghidra, Hopper, IDA, and Chrome DevTools.REA vs. Claude Code: Why REA produced a more faithf...