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Alice Pellerin
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Alice Pellerin writes alice pellerin's blog, a personal blog at simonomi.dev about programming and design. Since 2026, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Hex editor should color-code bytes”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads about the Hexed.it hex editor. The post covers color-coding bytes in a hex dump and walks through the inner workings of a minimal hex editor.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
hey! i'm alice, a person who occasionally does things online
Most-linked posts?
- Hex editor should color-code bytes6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2026-03-31
What Hacker News says?
https://simonomi.dev/blog/color-code-your-bytes/
Comment linking /blog/color-code-your-bytes/
on “Hexed.it”Submitted Your hex editor should color-code bytes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMany of us have opened a hex editor to analyze a file or to learn reverse engineering. One day I came across an interesting [article on color-coding bytes]( https://simonomi.dev/blog/color-code-your-bytes/ ). Without much hesitation, I decided to write an article — not just a tutorial on highlighting bytes, but a deep dive into the inner workings of a minimal hex editor. We'll explore how bytes become a hex dump, wh…
Comment linking /blog/color-code-your-bytes/
on a deleted threadSubmitted Hex editor should color-code bytes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hex editor should color-code bytes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hex editor should color-code bytes as a story · 1 points
HN discussion