[artagnon]

This programmer has written about the PSD format in colorful detail: "Trying to get data out of a PSD file is like trying to find something in the attic of your eccentric old uncle who died in a freak freshwater shark attack on his 58th birthday."

https://code.google.com/p/xee/source/browse/XeePhotoshopLoad...

(ref: first link in the article)

[dbond]

Several years ago while writing a PSD parser in javascript, that comment block saved my sanity.

[nja]

I think that comment itself was posted on HN or somewhere -- I know I've seen it before.

[_delirium]

It was a front-page story on HN, but four years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575122

[guiambros]

Thanks for the link. I still remember that thread and the original post. It was indeed awesome.