Simon Willison 7/20/2026

Reverse-engineering is cheap now

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This article discusses the impact of reduced coding costs through AI agents on reverse-engineering and automating home devices. It contrasts the previous high effort and low ROI of reverse-engineering undocumented APIs with the current low cost of trying and maintaining such projects. The author argues that cheap code lowers the psychological burden of potential future maintenance or failure, making it easier for programmers to experiment with home automation.

Reverse-engineering is cheap now

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