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REA 让 AI(Codex 和 Cursor)自主反编译成品软件:20 分钟复刻《魂斗罗》关卡(含 30 命彩蛋),3 小时拆解 Notion 并升级自研编辑器。文章认为写代码的门槛已消失,未来的壁垒在于产品定义与审美品味。

This article is about REA receiving Codex and Cursor, letting AI disassemble finished software on its own. In 20 minutes, it replicated the first 1/3 of Contra's first level—pure web version that's playable, with core feel around 80%, and even pulled out the up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right BA from the reverse-engineering notes, the 30-lives Easter egg. In 3 hours, it fully disassembled the Notion desktop app, upgrading its in-house Mac editor with block models and incremental saving—hardcore parts around 70%. The UI was written by Codex itself, original words: "Aesthetics are a pile of shit." So the moat isn't in writing code anymore; AI can handle 70%–80% of the work, and that last bit of taste and product definition is what’s valuable. Only disassemble objects you have permission to analyze—copy ideas, not code.
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This article is about REA receiving Codex and Cursor, letting AI disassemble finished software on its own.

In 20 minutes, it replicated the first 1/3 of Contra’s first level—pure web version that’s playable, with core feel around 80%, and even pulled out the up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right BA from the reverse-engineering notes, the 30-lives Easter egg.

In 3 hours, it fully disassembled the Notion desktop app, upgrading its in-house Mac editor with block models and incremental saving—hardcore parts around 70%. The UI was written by Codex itself, original words: “Aesthetics are a pile of shit.”

So the moat isn’t in writing code anymore; AI can handle 70%–80% of the work, and that last bit of taste and product definition is what’s valuable.

Only disassemble objects you have permission to analyze—copy ideas, not code.

卧槽 ! 这回算是明白了 !

有些挂着高职称身份的人, 未必有很好的敬业精神

今天挂的这两个医生, 明显是站在患者的角度考虑问题的

昨天挂的那个狗屁主任医生, 还带着两个新医生, 全程就稍微看了几下, 后面都是再那里刷手机, 让两个新手医生, 在那里做诊断

老医生带新医生, 我没意见, 但是尼玛, 你这老医生面对患者有点敷衍啊, 直接就让我转诊

好在今天这个医生让我做了检查, 看完说没啥大事, 两个问题不是一个问题, 另外一个问题还是适合去昨天那个诊室看

这些医生前后一对比, 真是太反差了, 有点讽刺啊啊啊啊啊啊啊

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