LLMs are excelling at deobfuscation, transpilation, and conversions, as discovered by the author during a Christmas project involving creating a Haskell audio library from a Rust implementation. Software assistants like Claude Code are now integral to daily tasks, offering coding support and workflow management. The post delves into the technicalities of transpilation and source code manipulation, showcasing how LLMs can easily recreate software from existing binaries. The controversial aspect arises from the potential misuse of this technique to clone proprietary software quickly, threatening the future of restricted licensing. The author encourages seizing the opportunities presented by this technology for rapid software implementation and development.
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