of course hackers are witches, why do you think it's a hex editor
@sydneyfalk
yes
hecks editor
casting the heckses
@catoutofbed I once read a book where a programmer got sucked into a fantasy world and he learned that magic and coding were similar, so he became a powerful wizard. :D
@Lyrilith @catoutofbed Would that be The Land of Lisp?
@mike @catoutofbed I'm not sure.. The book contained volume 1 and 2, as far as I recall, and was called "The Wiz Biz".
@Lyrilith @catoutofbed @mike there's also the WebMage books, which were pretty fun.
@catoutofbed I've stumbled into this today https://aphyr.com/posts/341-hexing-the-technical-interview :) I don't understand much of the actual code, but I've enjoyed the writing
@lookbeavers
yeah that's part of a small series and it's pretty rad
@catoutofbed
*stares at a hex editor for hours*
magic sucks
@catoutofbed
And spell checkers for that matter. For the more thaumaturgic types.
@catoutofbed actually all hackers are @squirrel s, they're secretly not hex editors but hecks editors