The practice of analyzing and understanding proprietary or undocumented systems, file formats, and protocols to extract data or build interoperable tools.
Wiz Research used AI-augmented tools to find a critical RCE vulnerability in GitHub's internal protocol that could compromise millions of repositories via a simple git push.
A technical mapping of Claude Code's internal architecture, tool systems, and unreleased features derived from its source code.
Cloudflare Turnstile on ChatGPT uses decrypted bytecode to verify that a user has fully rendered the React application, moving bot detection from the browser to the application layer.
Figma Make prototypes can be reverse-engineered into a runnable React app by unzipping the .make file, decoding its Kiwi-based canvas.fig, and auto-fixing imports, assets, and configs.
A RAM mailbox and control-code-savvy LLM pipeline let a 24-year-old Animal Crossing speak fresh, in-character AI dialogue without touching the original code.
