M4m463·Jun 15, 2026
I'm reminded of "PSD is not my favourite file format."
https://b3n.org/psd-is-not-my-favourite-file-format/
or in the code:
https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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26 sourcesLink to exact line: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
In I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD formatLink with the relevant linenumbers: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
In I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format (2009)I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format (2009)
78 points · Open discussionThere are other contenders if you like your snark on the ranty side.
// At this point, I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format.
https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
In FrinkComment block starts at line 108:
https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
In I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD formatI'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format
5 points · Open discussionI took a look at the git blame, and the commit title is perfect.
https://github.com/gco/xee/commit/750196023da5457d9535b30299...
In Krita fund has no corporate support> I remember reading some rant by an open source developer
This one? https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
In Krita fund has no corporate supportthink photoshop's psd :)
https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
In Write plain text filesIt's also the one with the famous rant, "PSD is not my favourite file format": https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/7aec0d65f776fa59c58eb6cf163b...
In We Built a C++ Rendering Engine for the WebThis is both surprising and unsurprising at the same time.
I wonder how long until we collectively decide to banish things like ASN.1 to the past like we are doing with C strings and parsing of untrusted network input in memory unsafe languages.
ASN.1: unsafe at any speed.
See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.690
Everything I read about x509-related serialization reminds me of that rant[1] about the PSD file format.
[1]: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m#...
In TLS certificates have at least two internal representations of timeI don't understand what the blog adds, I would rather the link pointed directly to
https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m#...
which has been shared quite a lot in the past
In PSD is not my favourite file formatI guess they could change the link to https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m#... and put the (2007).
Although I'm somewhat inclined to give the Google juice to b3n.org since they went to the effort to dredge it up, and it appears to be a legitimate weblog.
In the early days of the web this would've been a very normal use of a weblog and no one would have thought twice about it.
I guess I would liken it to re-posting an image, except it's just copy/pasting the text.
There is some degree of media creation in putting a frame around the specific block of text. Like a photograph.
Screenshotting a block of text like this and putting it on Instagram would also be a normal thing to do. Although it would be shittier to disseminate because there could be no backlink.
In PSD is not my favourite file formatPrevious discussion (2009):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575122
The comment in context, in the code:
https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
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