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marethyu • 08/19/2026 • 1 reply • view on HN

ChatGPT 5.6 helped me to fully reverse engineer save file format for a relatively-known game, and write a working serializer/deserializer to edit in-game currency. Reverse engineering is something I've always wanted to learn but now I am starting to question if it is worth learning manual reverse engineering at this age when AI can do it for us.


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efilife • 08/21/2026

Now we are curious what game it is