I suppose I might try being the grump that says the best trick is to not do any tricks. As in don't be cute[a], I guess. There was a series[b] of 'Dirty Coding

I suppose I might try being the grump that says the best trick is to not do any tricks. As in don't be cute[a], I guess. There was a series[b] of 'Dirty Coding Tricks'[0], originally posted on Gamasutra from 2009. I remember getting something out of them at/around the time, maybe you'll find something of interest. I think most were more like "hacks I can't believe we shipped" rather than tricks, but you did mention dirty hacks, so... * [a] Is "don't be cute" not a thing? -- I'm struggling to find usages/source of the phrase right now * [b] Well, I remember a series of them but I could be wrong. To find out either way would require navigating the hellscape that is informa's gamedeveloper magazine's website's repackaged Gamasutra content which happens to be unavailable due to "navigating some downtime on our legacy web pages". * [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20220707000222/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/dirty-coding-tricks https://web.archive.org/web/20220707000222/https://www.gamed...