Simon Willison 12/6/2025

The Unexpected Effectiveness of One-Shot Decompilation with Claude

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The article details how developer Chris Lewis is using Claude Opus and Claude Code in a non-interactive mode to automate the decompilation of Nintendo 64 games like Snowboard Kids 2. It explains the 'matching' process of converting MIPS assembly to idiomatic C and how AI agents, prompted to tackle the simplest functions first, have dramatically increased the project's speed and productivity.

The Unexpected Effectiveness of One-Shot Decompilation with Claude

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