So my world is one where humanity placed themselves in a simulation of Earth after WW3 ruined the world with radiation. Over hundreds of years the simulation has changed alot due to glitches and bugs, but I had an idea of a magic system where people would manipulate the simworld's code.

The way I had it was that anyone could use programs (like magical items and spells) to do basic magical things like find lost items or change their appearance, but then there were advanced users who could either manipulate the code of themselves, their enviroment, or utilize the coded powers of powerful programs (like demonic data deletion programs). I also had certain individuals called Lambents linked to a powerfully evil antivirus program gone rogue hardcoded with certain OP powers at the cost of not really being able to manipulate code in any other way (So theyd be able to manipulate heat to a godly degree but cant use spells to find items unless it finds the item's heat signiture).

While I like this system (and I want to keep the Lambent idea) I think it can be improved dramatically or another system entirely might be better. Any suggestions?