kodekists
Kodekists is a term used in online communities to describe individuals who collect, study, and create coded artifacts and puzzles. It is not widely recognized as a formal field, and meanings vary between groups; there is no official taxonomy or governing body.
Origin and usage: Documented usage appears in cryptography and puzzle-oriented forums and social media from the
Activities: Members may catalog encoded messages, reverse engineer legacy codecs and scripts, design new coded puzzles
Tools and methods:kodekists typically rely on public cryptographic tools, debuggers, hex editors, and version-control systems to
Community and culture: The term is usually self-applied, with norms emphasizing openness, reproducibility of solutions, and
See also: Cryptography, Codebreaking, Digital archaeology, Puzzle hunts.