Visualizing Binary Files(movq.de)

116 points by zdw 2 months ago | 18 comments

wxHexEditor — a Free Hex Editor / Disk Editor for Huge Files or Devices(wxhexeditor.org)

37 points by Lammy 2 years ago | 6 comments

Hiew Hex Editor(lock.cmpxchg8b.com)

171 points by taviso 2 years ago | 42 comments

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes(xorvoid.com)

389 points by xorvoid 3 years ago | 66 comments

Blog post introducing SectorC, a C compiler written in x86-16 assembly that fits within a 512-byte boot sector and supports a usable subset of C.

LMDB: The first version of Redis, written in Tcl (2009)(gist.github.com)

180 points by avinassh 3 years ago | 61 comments

Debugging a Failing Hotkey(tratt.net)

44 points by ltratt 2 years ago | 6 comments

Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code(ankursethi.com)

502 points by mpweiher 2 months ago | 413 comments

A personal blog post arguing that developers should manually retype code generated by LLM coding assistants to keep understanding it and avoid cognitive debt.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

Claude Code can debug low-level cryptography(words.filippo.io)

446 points by Bogdanp 11 months ago | 199 comments

Filippo Valsorda's blog post on using Claude Code to debug his new Go implementation of the ML-DSA post-quantum signature algorithm.

The cult of vibe coding is dogfooding run amok(bramcohen.com)

541 points by drob518 6 months ago | 454 comments

Bram Cohen blog post arguing that the leaked Claude source code's poor quality reflects vibe coding dogfooding taken to cult-like extremes.

Imhex: A hex editor for reverse engineers(github.com)

573 points by wsc981 2 years ago | 111 comments

GitHub repository for ImHex, an open-source cross-platform hex editor aimed at reverse engineers and programmers.