Maybe fix the title to make it clear that this is about reversing binaries? Because RE is quite a broad term, even within the field of computing and/or generall

Maybe fix the title to make it clear that this is about reversing binaries? Because RE is quite a broad term, even within the field of computing and/or generally "topics of HN interest". You can reverse engineer so many other things than just executable binaries. And not just other kinds of software (web), but hardware, communication protocols, even organisations and bureaucracies, or processes in the widest sense of the word. It's not like this article teaches much about the general "reversing mindset" (similar to the "hacker mindset", but not quite exactly the same), or the "methodology" as promised in the title. Because yes there is some very interesting overlap in skill within the broad field of RE. Ask any pentester who also picks locks. Not to discredit the article itself, btw, which is fine given what it actually covers. Which is about Linux binaries, and in particular with the object of solving a crackme puzzle. Maybe "Reverse engineering a crackme for beginners" would be a bit more descriptive.