I have done several binary analyses as a hobby and never heard of Hiew and clones, how can I?! (I tend to start with a standalone Python script which gets grad

I have done several binary analyses as a hobby and never heard of Hiew and clones, how can I?! (I tend to start with a standalone Python script which gets gradually customized over time. I don't even use a hex editor myself, and I just used xxd if I did really need hexdump for initial explorations. Of course I would comment that xxd output heavily in my editor, and that seems the best moment to use Hiew and clones.)