I Tested The Viral Repo That Reverse Engineers Anything in Claude Code

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is the viral GitHub repo with more than 372,000 stars that says it can take apart any app. I raced it against plain Claude Code to fix the annoying auto zoom in FocuSee, the screen recorder I use for every video. Both built a working zoom in about 15 minutes. REA took about 9 minutes more and was the only one that explained why. REA on GitHub: https://github.com/morluto/rea 🆓 Free live lesson with me: https://www.genaiunplugged.com/free-lesson/ 🎓 Claude Code Builder, my 6-week live cohort: https://maven.com/genaiunplugged/claude-code-builder 👥 Train your team on Claude Code: https://www.genaiunplugged.com/team-training/ Both Claude Code sessions got the same FocuSee recording (screen, camera, mic, every click and keystroke) and the same request: build a smarter zoom that zooms only on the clicks that matter, and fits the whole text box when I type. The only difference was REA with the Ghidra decompiler in session A. In those extra minutes REA explained why FocuSee's typing zoom cuts the text: it aims at the text cursor with a fixed amount of zoom and never measures the box. In this video I show the install, the race, the side by side test on the same take, and when REA is worth bringing in. Chapters 0:00 REA went viral 2:01 How REA works 4:40 The problem and the race 5:56 A fair race: same file, same request 7:10 Setting up REA with Ghidra 8:55 Side by side 9:34 The typing zoom test 9:51 REA explains, Claude builds 12:45 What it means Links REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) on GitHub: https://github.com/morluto/rea My MCP full course (build and deploy your own MCP server): https://youtu.be/UYasOw2JBT4 The app in this video is FocuSee, a screen recorder I pay for and use for every video. A note before you try this I analysed FocuSee, an app I pay for, for learning only. REA's licence says it is for lawful research and for software you own or are authorized to examine. Nothing from FocuSee was copied or shared. What I built is a small zoom tool that sits next to my own editing workflow, made from my own recordings, and it stays on my machine. Hence, before you point REA or any decompiler at an app, read REA's licence and that app's terms, because they decide what you are allowed to do. This video is not legal advice. Questions or feedback: support@genaiunplugged.com #ClaudeCode #ReverseEngineering #ReverseEngineerAnything