Andrew Healey • 7/8/2024

Making Python Less Random

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The article details a developer's journey to debug a game bug dependent on randomness. It explains Python's sources of randomness (os.urandom, random module) and explores increasingly complex methods to achieve deterministic behavior, including mocking, patching, and intercepting system calls like getrandom via LD_PRELOAD or ptrace.

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