From Black Box to Blueprint
A common enterprise problem: crucial legacy systems become “black
boxes”—key to operations but opaque and risky to touch. Thiyagu
Palanisamy and Chandirasekar Thiagarajan worked with a
client to use AI-assisted reverse engineering to reconstruct functional
specifications from UI elements, binaries, and data lineage to overcome
analysis paralysis. They developed a methodical “multi-lens”
approach—starting from visible artifacts, enriching incrementally,
triangulating logic, and always preserving lineage. Human validation
remains central to ensure accuracy and confidence in extracted
functionality. This engagement revealed that turning a system from black
box to blueprint empowers modernization decisions and accelerates
migration efforts.
