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26 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 7 stories, 19 comments · first 2015-03-20 · latest 2026-06-15

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  1. …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
    comment by m463 · 2026-06-15 · in Your ePub Is fine
  2. Link to exact line: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
  3. Link with the relevant linenumbers: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
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    I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format (2009)
    story by tosh · 2025-03-22 · 23 comments
  5. …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...
    comment by mananaysiempre · 2025-03-22 · in Frink
  6. Comment block starts at line 108: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
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    I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format
    story by edent · 2025-02-23 · 1 comment
  8. I took a look at the git blame, and the commit title is perfect. https://github.com/gco/xee/commit/750196023da5457d9535b30299...
    comment by funnyflywheel · 2023-10-05 · in Krita fund has no corporate support
  9. > I remember reading some rant by an open source developer This one? https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
    comment by lloeki · 2023-10-05 · in Krita fund has no corporate support
  10. think photoshop's psd :) https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
    comment by Anunayj · 2022-03-02 · in Write plain text files
  11. It's also the one with the famous rant, "PSD is not my favourite file format": https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/7aec0d65f776fa59c58eb6cf163b...
  12. …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#...
  13. I 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
    comment by riffraff · 2021-04-10 · in PSD is not my favourite file format
  14. I 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…
    comment by erikpukinskis · 2021-04-10 · in PSD is not my favourite file format
  15. …discussion (2009): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575122 The comment in context, in the code: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31...
    comment by cromulent · 2021-04-10 · in PSD is not my favourite file format
  16. …have the imagination to see how much worse it could be. Just compare to e.g. Photoshop file format: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m#...
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    Adobe PSD Format
    story by melzarei · 2021-04-03 · 0 comments
  18. https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/4fa3a6d609dd72b8493e52a68f31... : “At this point, I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format. PSD is not a good format. PSD is not even a bad format. Calling it such would be an…
  19. …try to write it. There is a wonderful rant about another adobe file format .PSD in this code here: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m
  20. …afaik... Of course, you can't forget this somewhat-legendary commentary on the PSD format: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m#...
    comment by notamy · 2018-03-24 · in Figma Platform
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    PSD is not a good format
    story by turrini · 2018-03-18 · 0 comments
  22. …this programmers hilarious and insightful comments/breakdown as he attempts to parse it [1] [1] https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m#...
    comment by BuildTheRobots · 2017-11-19 · in 20 Years of Adobe Photoshop
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    I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format
    story by olalonde · 2016-10-30 · 0 comments
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    A comment on the PSD format
    story by colinscape · 2016-10-29 · 0 comments
  25. …[3]also some bonus links on why PSD is very difficult to parse correctly: https://github.com/gco/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m?... http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/05/some_thoughts_about_the...
    comment by jasode · 2016-10-29 · in GraphicsMagick Image Processing System
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    Thoughts about the PSD format
    story by fosk · 2015-03-20 · 2 comments