Developer reverse-engineers TikTok app for under $20 using AI coding tools

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A post on Hacker News describes an effort to reverse engineer the TikTok mobile app for less than $20 in total cost. The approach combines several AI-assisted tools, including Hermes, REA, and GLM 5.3, to analyze the app. The work is documented in an article on the scraping.club site focused on TikTok scraping and metadata. The Hacker News thread received 11 points and 5 comments at the time of collection. The source material provides limited detail beyond the project's cost and tooling.

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