Why would you need a separate binary viewer / editor?
This reminds me the absurd, but somehow common situation where Java programmers in my office used IntelliJ IDEA to write Java, but Notepad++ to view logs or edit INI files etc.
This reminds me the absurd, but somehow common situation where Java programmers in my office used IntelliJ IDEA to write Java, but Notepad++ to view logs or edit INI files etc.
A ”raw bytes” view can be useful in many situations.
I don't know if you know the feeling: it's like watching inexperienced chess players play -- you want to scream when you see them making dumb moves, but then the opponent also makes a dumb move, which makes it more funny than sad.
When I look over the shoulder of people who work like you describe your workflow, just like with chess, I feel this kind of mix of embarrassment and frustration -- it was so easy to do it right, yet you decided to do something silly instead.
Why not suggest a more appropriate workflow without the chastising or denigration? C'mon, you can be supportive.
Unfortunately, our industry has few small pockets where you can still find competent programmers every now and then, but you wouldn't see them using IDEA or VS Code. And then there's an ocean of... well, not even mediocrity, it's just hands down awful. Most programmers throughout their career will never see a competent programmer, and if they stay around will be promoted into management where they will lose the very modest skill they had. And the cycle will continue.
I've seen way too many people like that, and have an idea how that kind of belief is formed. I don't want to help those people. I want them gone.
I'm sorry you have this attitude towards people. I wish you the best.
> Programmers who don't have their editor open
Well... these aren't programmers. Maybe "aspiring programmers", as in someone who still have to learn how to use their computer. It's not anyone who would be considered a competent user.