Yes, really. The only 'salty game dev comments' promised in the headline are from the link in this paragraph: > Inside the source code are some wonderful remin

Yes, really. The only 'salty game dev comments' promised in the headline are from the link in this paragraph: > Inside the source code are some wonderful reminders of what Windows game development from 1995 to 2003 was really like. One experienced modder posted some gems on Bluesky, like a "HACK ALERT!" text string added just to prevent the Watcom IDE from crashing because of a "magic text heap length" crash: "Who knows why, but it works," wrote that poor soul. Which links to the bluesky post.