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I am surprised. I've been using DS4 Flash (0731) for weeks now and it works perfectly fine as a replacement for Claude in a large variety of cases. It requires a few more iterations, sure, but it's useful enough to not need a Claude subscription anymore. Among the things I do I've been reverse engineering, writing complex C++ code...

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DS4 Flash absolutely kicks ass for reverse engineering and bug hunting. Almost no point in considering paying for a bigger model, although it's possible the stuff I've fed it (wide variety of older DOS/Windows stuff and device firmwares) might be easier targets.

I've been reverse engineering LEON3-FT SPARC v8 BE code, so I wouldn't say it's common :D. When attached to Ghidra through a MCP the things you can do with this are simply crazy.

Curious what MCP setup you use? I'm not sure which one I have wired up, but I have to restart Ghidra every time I change file. I think it's either LaurieWired's original or a fork of it

https://github.com/bethington/ghidra-mcp . Works flawlessly.

Ha - I saw this, but took one look at the slopfest README and it sorta scared me away. Will give it a go thanks.

i tought we can just use AI to read the readme and figure it out? install things.. i always do this

We can, but a README like this is usually a very good heuristic that I don't want to install the thing.

It depends, first I ask myself if this didn't exist would I vibe code it myself, if I would, then is this good enough, might as well save my time and tokens on checking than building from scratch. Personal projects wise

https://github.com/bethington/ghidra-mcp/issues/307

idk if you'll read this, but can you explain more the setup needed for RE?

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