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Comment by terribleperson | original | Claude Code and Codex reverse engineered my 1994 Jeep's ECU over a $3 Arduino [video]
[−]terribleperson · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:47 UTC · link
I had this same thought the other day. For a lot of cars you can buy aftermarket programmers, but the Dorman ones are limited to 3 uses. 3 uses for like eighty dollars is terrible, and surely it's not a technical limitation.
[−]catlifeonmars · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:18 UTC · link
Heh, maybe instead of circuit boards they are using wheat crackers.