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At my first job, the boot flow had 3 functions "Start," "ReallyStartNow," and "StartForReals." I remember thinking "it's horrible, I'll never do that." In SquidGame: Unleashed, I needed asset loading for a task and addressables weren't online yet. Guess who shipped a load-bearing "DummyAssetLoader"

3/7/26, 6:22 pm3 reposts21 likes

Jeff Webb

@jeffwebb.tech

3 July

In a later meeting, after I publicly complained about engineers being bad at naming things, one of the leads asked "what's the worst named thing in the game?" and multiple people simultaneously said "DummyAssetLoader."

Frank // Tech Art Dude

@liquidpxl.itch.io

4 July

Guess it wasn't called "FinalAssetLoader_Done2.0_ThisOne_FR"

Jeff Webb

@jeffwebb.tech

4 July

Someone else did make an "ActualAssetLoader" but it was too late and we needed both depending on the context.

Frank // Tech Art Dude

@liquidpxl.itch.io

5 July

Dang, could have countered with "FoRealAssetLoader"