banteg defends decompiling game code: it's mutable-state spaghetti held together by globals

banteg · x · 2026-10-05

banteg pushes back on people who feel protective of game code: anyone who's seen it knows it's a "tangled slinky of mutable state held together by globals." Game devs rarely write tests — they rely on playtesting, which is why bugs persist 20 years later. His verdict: please, decompile it.

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banteg defends decompiling game code: it's mutable-state spaghetti held together by globals

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