Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI admit, my first thought on seeing the title was "What's wrong with xxd?" This is nice! I like the colorization a lot -- it's like with source code, you don't realize how much you rely on the colors until you get a new computer and need to download syntax definitions for your editor again. Only feature I really think is missing is line numbers. Nicely done!
Sharkdp is also responsible for some fantastic tools like hyperfine for micro benchmarking, fd for finding files, bat which is a colorized cat replacement and many more such utilities. https://github.com/sharkdp is a real treasure trove of user-friendly CLI tools.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 670
- Total comments
- 202
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-09 | Hexyl: A command-line hex viewerFirst breakout · Best thread | okanesen | 456 | 113 |
| 2020-07-25 | Hexyl is a simple hex viewer for the terminal | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-06-16 | Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer with colorized outputLatest 20+ point return | hundredwatt | 212 | 89 |