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Legacy hardware is no longer a moat against your software
◆ 75RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack4h ago
This proves LLMs can handle high-stakes reverse engineering and cross-platform porting in hours rather than months. If your startup relies on integrating with legacy systems, you no longer need expensive specialists or official API support to build connectors.
Takeaways
- LLMs can bridge legacy hardware gaps by analyzing existing binary drivers.
- Hardware-software moats are evaporating as reverse engineering becomes a commodity.
- Automated porting tools can now handle complex, low-level systems programming tasks.
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