"editing binaries after compile" is "too spooky" but this is preferable. I find this amusing.

I'd much rather have some nasty little script fondling compiler output as the final stage of the build to achieve the same goal. toolchain agnostic!

Which is a good goal, and one I've found occasion to wish I had pursued on occasion. "wtf my changes aren't working its almost like ... its not actually updating the binary ARRGH"