i don't see enough people with one of the best tool improvements i've ever made for reverse engineering, so i had to write a blog post about it!

https://simonomi.dev/blog/color-code-your-bytes/

your hex editor should color-code bytes

@simonomi Very nice. I can see similar use cases for PDU parsing.

A caveat I'll throw out is these sort of things need a bit of palette diversity to cover color blindness. I've worked with a statistically unusual number of such folk over the years in software development.

@jhaas i really struggled to pick 16 colors that look distinct to my non-colorblind eyes, so that's definitely a concern. i don't think you lose _that_ much depending on how many colors blend together, but i'd love to see good colorblind-friendly palette options

@simonomi I haven’t done web dev in ages but sites and apps exist.

No endorsement but here is an example.

https://www.coblind.com/color-blind-website-checker

Color Blind Website Checker – Test Any Site | CoBlind

See how color blind users view your site. Simulate Protanopia, Deuteranopia & more. Improve accessibility with real-time previews.

CoBlind